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
New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman has been defying the odds and accomplishing goals his entire career. On Saturday, July 18th he experienced another first, hosting his inaugural youth camp. The Julian Edelman Football Clinic was put on by ProCamps at Reading Memorial H... Read More
The San Antonio Spurs will have one of their recently resigned stars in attendance at their two final youth camps. Sharpshooter Danny Green will help in the instruction at the camps on July 27-31 and August 3-7. The first camp is at the University of Incarnate Word and the second will be he... Read More
Portland Trail Blazers’ All-Star Damian Lillard knows a thing or two about hard work. Lillard’s main objective was to instill that value into kids at his basketball camp in Portland over the past two weeks. The camp and its’ namesake have become the hit of The Rose C... Read More
College football season may be right around the corner, but several prominent coaches still made time to speak this week to an influential group at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge. They were sharing their football thoughts with the Louisiana High School Coaches Association’s annual... Read More