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Champion LA Lakers Coach Phil Jackson Can Teach Us All how to Live Better
Watching the Lakers win the national basketball title recently, I began to count the ways that Phil Jackson is a model for youth...
Glimmer of Hope in Fight Against London Gang Crime
As knife crime and gang culture scar the streets of England, one program is offering a glimmer of hope.
The X-it youth project has already...
Amid the Grieving, a Rare Act of Sportsmanship
A team and a player decided there were more important things than winning and having good stats. They missed the free throws intentionally...
Miami Heat Star Scores Off Court
Miami Heat basketball star, Dwyane Wade, who is the leading NBA scorer, heard the plight of a South Florida woman whose nephew accidentally burned...
Amazing Basket Wins Game (Raw Video)
Senior Scott Morton tossed a three-foot shot over his head from the left baseline with his back to the basket at the buzzer to...
Urban Farmer Sells Affordable Fruits and Veggies, Envisions Skyscraper Farms
When most people think of farms, they think flat, endless fields of corn or wheat in the heartland of America. Former professional basketball player...
Coaching Legend Don Haskins Dies, Remembered for Breaking Color Barrier
Don Haskins coached perhaps the most important basketball game of all time and broke the color barrier in an all-white sport at the time....
College Coach Brings His Players to Peru Delivering 100,000 Shoes to Poor Kids
College basketball coach Ron Hunter, who raised more than 250,000 pairs of shoes for Samaritan's Feet, speaks to ESPN's Mike & Mike from his...
Solid Signs of Progress for New Orleans Since Storm
As the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, it is beneficial to search for signs of recovery and progress. What can be found...
Airline Workers Show True Moral Fabric (Video)
Delta employees are using some of their downtime between flights to create quilts for sick kids -- thousands this year alone. At the end...
Small David(son) Slays Goliaths in Cinderella NCAA Run
Am I hallucinating? Is this some sort of basketball Pleasantville coming to life in an 80,000-seat football dome? Can a private liberal-arts school from...
Teen With One Arm Takes Team to State Playoffs
A Salt Lake City high school boy with one arm led his baseball team to a state title last year and now has risen,...
Indiana Coach Bares Feet for Charity
A college basketball coach strode the court yesterday in bare feet to raise awareness for poor kids worldwide who have no shoes. At the...
Hotels Offer Beds Free to Stranded School Groups
Two hotels in Saint John are offering school groups free accommodations if the roads are too dangerous to travel. The management of the Fort...
Charitable NBA Players Untarnished by League Troubles
As the NBA basketball season opens this week amid scandal, many players continue to be excellent and charitable role models. "Emeka Okafor of the...
Historic Healing for Native Americans and Whites Near Wounded Knee
(Custer, South Dakota) While some South Dakota whites will always be bitter about the modern Wounded Knee standoff three decades ago, a Native American...
High School Dropout Succeeds, Proving Them Wrong
"Basketball player Jerri Taylor is about to begin her Junior season on the Xavier University women's team, but her journey to becoming a Division-1...
Blind Kid Uses Echo-Location to See, Live Active Life (Video)
Benjamin Underwood, 14, had cancer in his eyes that stole his sight at age two. But he doesn't "see" himself as blind. He plays...
Year after paralyzing injury, player strides back to Cornell
College athlete, Khaliq Gant, never gave up after his collision on a basketball court left him paralyzed. He's become an inspiring example of recovery:...
Top Ten Stories of 2006: 7) Internet Videos Spread Inspiration and Hugs
7) Boom in Internet Video Spreads Love, Inspiration and Hugs to Millions • Utilizing YouTube and MySpace, citizens are uploading...