Motivational Stories
Duke’s Luke Kennard Is Out To Prove He Can Be an NBA Franchise Player
Luke Kennard possesses something extremely rare for a basketball player—bragging rights over LeBron James. Kennard has the second most career points in Ohio High School Athletic Association history with 2,977. [...]
Paralyzed Southern University Football Player Devon Gales is Now Walking
On September 26, 2015, after colliding with Georgia's kicker on a kickoff return, former Southern University wide receiver Devon Gales was paralyzed from the waist down. Gales fractured his C6 vertebrae [...]
How a Support Crew Named ‘The Dream Team’ Helped Houston Texans DB Treston Decoud Escape a Life of Violence and Make it to the NFL
Treston Decoud saw wasted potential. He saw families torn apart. He saw the impact of crime on friends and loved ones in his hometown of Covington, Louisiana, and he knew [...]
This 14-Year-Old Catcher Only Has One Arm and He’s Still a Beast
Luke Terry is a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Cornersville Middle School in Lewisburg, Tennessee. He is the catcher on the baseball team and he only has one arm. When Terry was [...]
The Behind-The-Scenes Coach Who Fuels Anthony Rizzo’s Tenacious Work Ethic
Anthony Rizzo is one of the strongest dudes in Major League Baseball. His monstrous thighs are the size of tree trunks. He launches 475-foot home runs. When he runs out [...]
Utah LB Pita Taumoepenu’s Incredible Journey From Tongan Fruit Farmer To NFL Draft Prospect
When Pita Taumoepenu caught his first glimpse of American football, he was 17 years old. He didn’t know a lick of English, but he knew he liked what he saw. [...]
Ultra-Athletic Michigan DE Chris Wormley Is Ready To Attack The NFL
Michigan’s defense was suffocating last season. The team allowed just 3,032 yards, lowest in the FBS. Their 12.5 points allowed per game ranked second only to Alabama. Jabrill Peppers grabbed [...]
How T.J. Watt Transitioned From Tight End to a Top NFL Linebacker Prospect
T.J. Watt’s football career hasn’t always been easy. The former Wisconsin linebacker lost two seasons to injury and had to abruptly switch positions from tight end to linebacker midway through [...]
How TCU DE Josh Carraway Transformed Himself From A Two-Star Recruit To A Top Pass-Rusher in The 2017 NFL Draft
It’s a defensive coordinator’s worst nightmare—the opposing quarterback hanging out in the pocket cool as a cucumber, casually waiting for routes to develop before he tosses completion after completion. Nothing [...]
How Football Helped Kentucky RB Stanley ‘Boom’ Williams Overcome Tragedy
For the first time in his life, Stanley “Boom” Williams didn’t feel like playing football. Last Summer, Williams’ 18-year-old sister—Kenyatta Millbrooks—passed away suddenly. The tragedy flattened Williams, and it left [...]