Former LSU head basketball coach Dale Brown is known to at least play some role in making Shaquille O’Neal a Hall of Fame player.  Brown shared stories about O’Neal and others from over 30 years in coaching as the featured speaker at the Montana Coaches Association clinic on Wednesd... Read More

With the recent success of Becky Hammon as a head coach in the NBA’s Summer League, the discussion about women coaching in male professional sports has been a huge talking point.  The Arizona Cardinals advanced those discussions on Monday by hiring Jen Welter as the first-known female coa... Read More

The third time was the charm for Icelandic CrossFit athlete Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir.  Davidsdottir rallied from behind to take the title of “Fittest Woman in the World” at the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games.  She was third entering the final day of competition and 33 points of... Read More

In his seventh try earning the title of “Fittest Man in the World”, Ben Smith triumphed at this weekend’s CrossFit Games.  Smith came in first place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Sunday with a grand total of 915 points.  He finished ahead of second-pla... Read More

Anyone who followed the career of Pedro Martinez knew his Hall of Fame speech would be appointment viewing.  The always-colorful Martinez spoke from his heart about his journey from the Dominican Republic to the greatest honor in baseball. He was the last of the four players being inducted t... Read More

Last week, Michael Carter-Williams was able to go back to a place where he learned some of his most basic basketball lessons.  The Milwaukee Bucks star point guard spoke in front of 150 campers at the Academic-Basketball-Awareness Camp in North Andover, Massachusetts. Carter-Williams spent s... Read More

Nancy Hogshead-Makar has used her platform as an Olympic champion for years to promote women in sports.  The Phi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women honored her work last week with the Member of Distinction Award. They announced the biennial award at their convention.  It is just the latest i... Read More

When Walter Bond’s basketball career ended, he crafted a powerful message and saw his speaking platform explode over two decades.  Bond’s hard work was recognized recently with induction into the Council of Peers Award for Excellence Speaker Hall of Fame. The National Speakers As... Read More

Last Wednesday, several ex-NBA stars joined other notables in Midtown Manhattan to raise money for education.  Power brokers from Wall Street joined former Knicks’ Allan Houston, Charles Smith, John Starks, and other celebs at the “Take ‘Em To School” charity poker tourn... Read More

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