Being a professional female football player, Jen Welter has been through a lot to get to where she is today. Playing 13 years of women’s pro football, 10 of those with the Dallas Diamonds of the Women’s Football Alliance, the Boston College grad has worked very hard to become a professional football player and her hard work has not gone unnoticed. She represented USA at......
Originally known for his speed on the ice, four-time Olympic gold medalist Johann Olav Koss is a former speed skater from Norway and is considered to be one of the best in the history of the......
Calen Carr of the Houston Dynamo was lucky enough to grow up around positive role models. His mother, a professor at the University of California, Berkley, was always able to lead him in the right......
Fan voting for the 2013 Season-long Kia Community Assist Award tipped off today and will continue through May 17. The award recognizes the NBA player who best reflects the passion that the league and......
Fans play a crucial part in professional sports. They attend the games, buy merchandise and do whatever they can to support their team to keep them going. Many players recognize this and show their......
Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues has gone through a lot to get to where he is today. Standing at 5-foot-3, the Baltimore, Maryland native spent 14 seasons in the NBA, playing in nearly 900 regular season......
For the past week the NBA has been encouraging fans to “go green” through their NBA Green Week initiative presented by Sprint. NBA Green Week has featured special on-court apparel, green......
You sometimes hear about professional athletes who held different jobs before making it to the big stage, but you never hear of any who were models before their career. Milka Duno of Venturini......
It has been a busy week for the NBA and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital who have teamed up with The V Foundation for Cancer Research and ESPN in the fight against pediatric cancer by raising......
When you grow up with great role models, you turn into one yourself. Will Allen of the Pittsburgh Steelers grew up watching his parents give back to the community however they could. His father would......
