Marathon Goes an Extra Mile

A marathon, for most runners, seems long. But it is always 26.2 miles. Always. Except for the Lakeshore Marathon held in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend, ...

Weightlifter Killed by His Own Weights

David Little was known as a man of strength. This former linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers had an impressive career in the National Football League. ...

Baseball Pitcher Schilling Sustained by God

In the first game of the best-of-seven, 2004 American League Championship Series between baseball's New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Boston's ...

Oil Platform Designed to Survive the Worst

The Hibernia oil platform in the North Atlantic is 189 miles (315 kilometers) east-southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The total structure, ...

Biker Delivered from Mouth of Lion

"Once he started clamping down, I remember thinking, This is it. I'm going to die." These were Anne Hjelle's words in an interview with ...

A Fawn Finds Refuge

1. C. Dixon writes:
   
   A friend of mine who was quite a lover of the hunt told me the following story.

Rising early one morning, he said, "I heard the ...

Lighthouse Remains Standing After Hurricane

Hurricane Isabel was front-page news in September 2003 as it rampaged through the Middle Atlantic States, coming ashore first in all its fury near Cape ...

"Band of Brothers, Episode 5": Leading Alone

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's acclaimed series "Band of Brothers" retells the heroics of Easy Company during World War II.

After the success of the ...

"Alive": Hope Amidst Despair

Alive, with Ethan Hawke, is the true story of a Uruguayan rugby team, whose plane crashes in the Andes mountains in 1972. The film portrays the struggle ...

Carried by Others

The Jewish poet and storyteller Noah ben Shea tells a parable that serves as a valuable reminder of the roles we play in life:

After a meal, some children ...