Sports

Lance Allred overcame numerous obstacles to get to where he is today. The first legally deaf player in the NBA, he recounts his journey in Longshot: The Adventures of...

Awista Ayub is the founder of the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange (AYSE), an organization dedicated to nurturing Afghan girls through soccer and the author of However Tall...

Chris Ballard is a Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated, and the author of One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season (Hyperion)....

Miranda Esmonde-White is one of America’s greatest advocates and educators of healthy aging. Following her career as a professional ballerina, Miranda developed her...

Suzy Favor Hamilton, three-time Olympian, was the darling of American track and field during the 1990s. An outstanding runner, a major sports apparel spokesperson, and...

Tim Green was called the “Renaissance Man” of sports by both Sports Illustrated and the Los Angeles Times, and was recently inducted into the College Football Hall...

Jane Leavy is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood (HarperCollins) and Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's...

Jason P. Lester is one of the world's finest physically challenged extreme athletes, winner of ESPN's 2009 ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete with a Disability, and an...

Tori Murden McClure is best known as the first woman and first American to row solo and unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean. She was also the first woman and first American...

Amy Purdy is the top-ranked female adaptive snowboarder in the U.S., a three-time World Cup Para-Snowboard Gold Medalist, the 2014 Paralympic Bronze Medalist, and the...

Shortly after graduating college in 2006 - with almost literally $25 to his name - Adam Shepard departed his home state for Charleston, SC, embarking on the adventure...

Max L. Siegel is the CEO of The 909 Group LLC, a sports, entertainment, and lifestyle marketing firm, leads Baker & Daniels' sports and entertainment industry team,...

Venus Williams, world-famous tennis champion and gold medalist three times over, became a professional athlete when she was just 14 years old. Fiercely determined and...