Inspiring Athletes

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! In his days as an NBA point guard, Avery Johnson became known as “The Little General” due to his ability to take charge on the court and his pinpoint passing skills that often led to easy layups and dunks for San Antonio Spurs teammate “The Admiral” David…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! As soon as the belated NBA season finally starts on Christmas Day, it will also be the official start of John Salmons’ 10th season. Salmons has been well traveled, spending time in Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee and now back in Sacramento where he played from 2006 to 2009.…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! She may not have the historical name recognition of Mia Hamm or the star du jour status of Abby Wambach, but ask anyone in the know and they’ll tell you that Tobin Heath is a significant contributor to the U.S. women’s soccer team’s recent success. During her…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are just over two years from now, but that doesn’t mean much to the serious group of athletes that already have the goal of reaching those Games in sight. Canadian bobsledder Lyndon Rush is one of those individuals. After a…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! Back in 1995, David Crowder co-founded a groundbreaking ministry in Waco, Texas, called University Baptist Church (UBC). The church was established as a response to a need for relevant outreach to the Baylor University student population. Since then, Crowder has become more well-known across the globe as…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! It was just over five years ago when I had the opportunity to interview NBA superstar Dwight Howard. At that point, he was in his third season after going straight to the pros out of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy. The Orlando Magic chose the 6-11 center with…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! With the NASCAR season wrapped up for another year, Inspiring Athletes thought it might be a good time to look back at an exciting nine months that saw a number of unpredictable twists and turns. Trevor Bayne kicked off the crazy year with his improbable win at…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! There’s still some golf to be played in 2011, but all of the official business concluded earlier this fall. Inspiring Athletes was privileged to bring you some key golf stories along with some fascinating interviews with a number of PGA golfers. Some of stories we covered included…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! Webb Simpson has been having some kind of year. He won his first two career PGA tournaments, finished second in two other and narrowly finished second in both the FedEx Cup and money list standings. To top that off, Simpson qualified to play for the U.S., team…

Click “Like” to share with your friends! Based on Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s 2010 season, there was really no way to know whether the driver of the #6 Roush Fenway Ford was going to be a contender in 2011 (as he appeared to be at the end of the last year) or if he would return…

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