NY Times – In what has become the year of the perfect game, Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners added his name to the list Wednesday, marking the first time that three pitchers have pulled off the feat in the same season. For a man nicknamed King Felix, Wednesday’s performance is whatContinue Reading
Nationally, Boise, Idaho, is best known for Boise State football. But from the time he was 3 years old, Sam Jacobson was enthralled with hockey. He attended games to watch the Idaho Steelheads, an East Coast Hockey League team based in Boise, and he’d come home and imitate his favoriteContinue Reading
With an Olympic gold medal in hand, Gabby Douglas has inspired the world. She has won the gold medal in the women’s all around gymnastics event, being the first woman to win the gold in both the team event and all-around. Her amazing story is show in the video below. Continue Reading
OK now this video is awesome. Imagine crowding in a little mall photo booth with your friends and family taking silly photos when your favorite athlete walks in to to take pictures with you!! This is exactly what happened at a mall in London this past week. 60 fans inContinue Reading
It’s finally here – the largest sporting event in the world! Each qualifying nation shows off their finest competitors in a world event to bring happiness and pride to their respective countries. It is the highest honor for an athlete to represent their country in this event. The Olympics isContinue Reading
(CNN) — Brad Ludden is a world-class whitewater kayaker. Throughout his professional career, the 31-year-old has braved treacherous rapids in more than 40 countries and racked up over 100 first descents — successfully paddling a river’s uncharted territory. Despite his success and the boyish good looks that landed him in CosmopolitanContinue Reading
NEW YORK (WFAN) – Remember Joe Armento, the 6-year-old Giants fan who tried to lure Brandon Jacobs back to New York with the pickings from his piggy bank? Turns out the running back, now with San Francisco, paid him back on Wednesday — and then some. The youngster got a $5 bill fromContinue Reading
David State had two beautiful and life-changing events on the same day. He was one of the very few people to have the honor of carrying the Olympic torch through one leg of the 8,000 mile trek all around the U.K. Many say that he had an even larger honorContinue Reading
HUECO TANKS STATE PARK AND HISTORIC SITE, Tex. — With a concentrated squint, Ashima Shiraishi silently sized up her first rock of the day, a menacing slab of jagged beige boulder 20 feet high, scuffed by white chalk left behind from bigger, older, more experienced climbers. Enlarge This Image ErichContinue Reading
(CNN) — San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain threw a perfect game Wednesday night in a 10-0 victory against the Houston Astros, the first pitcher to achieve that feat in Giants history. “This is unbelievable,” Cain told reporters after the game. “This is part of history. Something I am goingContinue Reading