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Evangelist Leighton Ford Meets Muhammad Ali

Leighton Ford, evangelist and brother-in-law of Billy Graham, once met the former boxing champion Muhammad Ali at a hotel in Sydney, Australia. Ford listened ...


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Sports Journalist Notices Athletes' 'Christian Years'

There's a sports personality named Bill Simmons. He's on the television now, but I loved it when he was just a writer. He's coined a few phrases, like ...


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Athletes Blame Woes on Defective Soccer Balls

During the 2002 Soccer World Cup, Adidas introduced their Fevernova soccer ball, which featured a new design that was supposed to make the ball follow ...


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Polish Olympian to Auction off Silver Medal

There were many heartwarming stories during the 2016 Olympics. And they just keep coming even after the Olympics are over. ESPN reported Polish Olympian ...


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A Swimmer's Greatest Secret

If you don't know the name Katie Ledecky, you will soon. She is probably the greatest female swimmer heading to the Olympics in 2016, and she is only ...


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NBA Player Moves in with Parents

Jeff Teague is a starting point guard for the NBA's Indiana Pacers. He was recently traded from Atlanta to Indiana, and they just happen to play in ...


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NFL Star Lambasts Shallow Prayers

Fran Tarkenton, a former All-Pro quarterback who led his team to three Super Bowls, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal lambasting himself and ...


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Study Reveals the Upside of Stress

In 1975, Salvatore Maddi, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, began to study the long-term impact of stress on employees at the Illinois Bell ...


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The Law Can't Set Us Free to Play

Imagine you are twelve years old again, and you love baseball. All your heroes are baseball players, all your extracurricular time is spent either with ...


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Athletes and Leaders Need a Strong Core

In working with thousands of leaders over many years, I have observed that they rarely fail because of lack of competence. Clearly competence is necessary, ...


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