(GX Magazine 3/13/2014)
Before Soldiers can get to Q Course to become Green Berets, they must pass Special Forces Assessment and Selection, a grueling, three-week marathon of strength, stamina and problem-solving tests in which their every action-and reaction-is scrutinized.
(Our State Magazine 10/1/2013)
The bats living in the caves under Humpback Mountain scare some people, but not Sarah Davis. She owns the darkness and has come to terms with what's in it.
(Charlotte Magazine 2/1/2014)
You may not know him, but you've probably heard his voice. Follow Charlotte's favorite street performer as he reels in his audience, one passerby at a time
(Sporting News 11/15/2012)
How a mother's love saved a college football player from drowning in the depths of grief and guilt after he nearly killed one of his best friends.
(Sporting News 8/20/2012)
A Sporting News survey of 125 former NFL players found far more players suffered far more concussions than previously has been reported. The consequences are far-reaching for the players and their families.
(Sporting News 8/22/2012)
They are falling apart physically and mentally because of their football careers. Yet 96 of the 125 players would play again, and many say so enthusiastically. "Absofrickinlutely!" wrote one. "Hell yes!!!!" wrote another.
(Sporting News 2/28/2011)
The guitar's name is Denise. It is Da'Quan Bowers' most prized possession, a 1964 Fender Stratocaster that his father played for most of Da'Quan's life to provide the family's income. "Put it like this," Da'Quan Bowers says, "if I left it with you, I'd rather something happened to you than to it."
(BleacherReport.com 7/15/2014)
This is a story about every childhood in America-playing outside, hanging out with friends, toeing the line between fun and trouble. The only difference: The two lifelong friends in this story now make $291 million combined.
(Charlotte Magazine 7/1/2014)
Joe DeLamielleure spent a good chunk of the last decade wondering if he was going crazy. Depression gripped him suddenly. Then it would let go just as quickly. His keys disappeared for hours because he couldn't remember where he put them. Worst of all, he couldn't sleep at night.
(Sporting News 8/21/2012)
If fear can be called a symptom, it's the most prevalent problem former players face due to concussions, a Sporting News survey of 125 former players found. Eighty-five of them (68 percent) said they are afraid they will degrade mentally-or that they have already started to.
(Our State Magazine 11/2/2013)
Rowan County veterans salute comrades a final time with ceremonies befitting their service to our country.
(Sporting News 7/14/2011)
Arian Foster is a commencement speech come to life, a walking, talking, living, breathing, rhyme-dropping, Shakespeare-quoting, yoga-practicing, linebacker-outrunning testament to the idea that hard work fueled by dedication can turn dreams into reality.
(SBNation.com 12/17/2014)
A helmet-to-helmet hit took the life of a 22-year-old football player. Two years later, friends and family keep his memory alive, one story at a time.
(GX Magazine 4/11/2014)
An Oklahoma Soldier and her daughter use fitness to fight children's cancer. But their determination was put to the test when they took a 22-mile hike-in 5 inches of snow.
(Sporting News 6/25/2007)
What good is glory if you can't remember it? In an investigation published long before concussions became an every day story, I uncovered sobering problems facing former NFL players.
(Sportsonearth.com 11/19/2013)
Danica Patrick's critics have long said that she has her job because of what she looks like rather than how she races. However true that is, it's also an ugly lie, because many drivers have their jobs for reasons unrelated to how they drive.
(GX Magazine 4/23/2014)
The incredible story of how three Green Berets risked their lives to save a fourth. He was completely transfused three times, needed two years to recover ... and now competes in triathlons.
(Sportsonearth.com 11/7/2014)
Tom Davis lost his leg in Iraq but not his drive. He now is one of the best handcyclists in the world.
(Charlotte Magazine 8/1/2014)
The top of Crowders Mountain is a place for bragging, for looking 25 miles into the distance, seeing Charlotte's skyline, and wondering about the people chained to cubicles contained therein. The top is being glad I live there because living there allows me to hike here.
But the top is ugly.
(Sporting News 5/9/2011)
Robinson Cano has established himself as one of baseball's best players, and he's on his way to becoming one of the game's all-time greats. Wherever his career takes him, he'll arrive with a smile on his face.
(Our State Magazine 1/1/2014)
Eight out of 10 days, this view from the top of Mount Mitchell is obscured by clouds. But anytime you stand here, at the highest point east of the Mississippi River, and gaze outward, your perspective will change.
