An Abstinence Streak

A.C. Green of the Dallas Mavericks set a remarkable record last season, playing in his 907th consecutive game, an NBA record.

A.C. is proud of that mark. ...

All That You Can Be

Someone can be a good third baseman, but not a good pitcher. If I'm called to play third base, I'm going to be the best third baseman I can be. ...

Reordering Priorities

As a child I was brought up to believe that it was not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game. Then, in the real world, I found that to ...

Reminded of Our Power

On July 15, 1986, Roger Clemens, the sizzling right-hander for the Boston Red Sox, started his first All-Star Game. In the second inning, he came to bat, ...

The Power of a Hug

Greg Norman intimidates most other professional golfers with his ice-cold stoicism. He learned his hard-nosed tactics from his father. "I used to ...

Love Makes a Winning Team

Lee Iacocca once asked legendary football coach Vince Lombardi what it took to make a winning team. The book Iacocca records Lombardi's answer: "There ...

God of the Super Bowl?

Luke DeRoeck of Chicago, in a letter to the editor: "To suggest that God really cares about the outcome of a sporting event is preposterous. Conservatively, ...

Confidence in a Crisis

Green Bay Packers' head coach Mike Holmgren looks back at a heartbreaking moment, when he was cut from the New York Jets as backup quarterback to ...

Cheering for Church

Like a victorious locker room, church is a place to exult, to give thanks, to celebrate the great news that all is forgiven, that God is love, that victory ...

What Men and Women Talk About

Men and women don't necessarily want to discuss the same subjects, according to a recent poll of 1,000 adults by Bruskin Associates.

The leading discussion ...