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Andrew Whitworth received the NFL’s most coveted award: The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award for 2021. This award honors a player’s commitment to philanthropy and community impact, as well as his excellence on the field. All 32 NFL teams nominate one player from their respective team and the NFL selects one winner each year. Last year, Whitworth …
During one of the little league baseball world series games this summer, Kaiden Shelton, a pitcher from the Oklahoma team threw an erant fast ball. At the plate was a hitter from the East Texas team by the name of Isiah Jarvis. The pitch hit Isiah in the head and he quickly went down to the ground. Isiah’s coach said, …
Josh Allen is the quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. His team was in a AFC Division Playoff game on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. It was a barnburner. Touchdowns everywhere. Lead changes galore. Allen completed 27 of 37 passes for 329 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. His passer rating was 136. Combined with the previous playoff win …
On December 12th, two top 20 teams played in a regular season game. The University of Alabama beat the University of Houston with a controversial last-second non-call. The final score was 83-82. Kelvin Sampson, the coach of Houston, got irate. He demanded that the refs review the play. The refs tell him that it is not a reversible call and …
This is a humorous video, but it is also instructive. This guy drives around the town yelling compliments at complete strangers. The reactions are priceless. First, we are just not accustomed to a stranger will saying anything positive to us. It’s just not “normal.” It probably feels awkward. Second, once the awkwardness wears off, most people smile. Why? It feels …
Earlier this week Najee Harris was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 24th overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. It was celebration time. After all those countless hours of working, practicing, sweating and sacrificing, Najee’s dream of playing in the NFL came true. There was one important difference between Najee and the other 255 individuals who got drafted …
In 2017, 14-year-old Deserae Turner was shot in the head and left for dead. She was shot by two male classmates who were “tired” of Deserae messaging them on Snapchat. They lured her to a canal to hang out. They then stole $44 from her and shot her in the head. Deserae was discovered later that day and immediately taken …
“I don’t even have to play football if I don’t want. I don’t even need the game. I don’t need to prove nothing to anyone. If they wanna play, they going to play by my rules. If not, I don’t need to play.” …
In the U.S. Open last week, the #1 ranked women’s tennis player in the world, Naomi Osaka, beat the 15-year-old upstart player, Coco Gauf. This was Coco’s first time in the U.S. Open. She played well, but came up short. Wanting to honor her opponents effort and talent, Naomi asked Coco to share the limelight with her in the post-match …
This is the first week of the Student Athlete Program. This program is designed to improve the character, sportsmanship and leadership of high school athletes. This program should be fun and engaging. It is not supposed to be “one more thing” or “something you have to do.” Each week we will focus on a different trait. Season 1 Season …
