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The recent travel ban put in jeopardy the US Wrestling Team’s ability to travel to Iran for the World Championships. The US athletes, who had been training for years, were in limbo for several days. Finally, they were granted permission to travel. The surprise came when they took the mat. There was a tremendous outpouring…
Read MoreAt the Grammy Awards on Sunday night Adele won every major award: Song of the Year, Record of Year and finally Album of the Year. However, she stunned everyone when she came to receive her final Grammy and said (looking at Beyoncé), “I can’t possibly accept this award. The Lemonade album was just so monumental,…
Read MoreSo, why did the Patriots win? Was it: 1. Because Tom Brady is a great quarterback who led his team to victory? 2. Because Matt Ryan, this year’s MVP, was only able to lead the offense to three points in the second half? 3. Because the Patriots’ defense shut down the Falcons’ offense in the…
Read MoreRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the two greatest tennis players of this period of history, played an epic five set final in the Australian Open, with Federer winning his 18th Major Championship against his greatest nemesis. What the world saw was not only two great champions making the supreme effort, but two gentlemen, athletes who…
Read MoreWe hope all coaches care more about their players as people than they do as athletic performers, and would like to be remembered by their players as Tim Tebow remembers his high school coach who died last week: “More than a coach, he was a mentor and a father figure. He changed my life and…
Read MoreDabo Swinney is the head football coach of the National Champion Clemson Tigers. Prior to the championship game last week he said to his players, “Let the light that’s in you shine brighter than the light that’s on you.” What does that mean to you? Who is he talking to? Is the “you” each individual…
Read MoreAthletes for a Better World (ABW) and The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) have formed a partnership to annually recognize one male and one female national NIAAA scholarship winner as automatic recipients of the prestigious Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup. These two high school athletes will join one collegiate winner and a professional recipient each…
Read MoreClemson fans are celebrating Deshaun Watson’s stellar performance as the quarterback of the National Champion Tigers. The only thing that is as important in Deshaun’s opinion is the work that he does for Habitat for Humanity. As a child he grew up in public housing surrounded by crime and drugs, but when his mother Deann…
Read MoreATLANTA (January 8, 2017) – The 13th Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, an award given to the most outstanding role models among athletes, has announced the professional, collegiate, and high school honorees for its 2017 award ceremony, to be held April 11 at Atlanta’s Cobb Galleria. Bob Ryan, the famed sportswriter for the Boston Globe…
Read MoreIn case you haven’t heard, Mariah Carey’s live television appearance on New Year’s Eve fell completely apart because her earpiece apparently didn’t work. Interestingly, we read by chance that one of Prince Harry’s favorite quotes is from Stevie Wonder: “It takes teamwork to make the dream work.” Whether we’re on a musical team, a sports…
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