"Legend" is a title Isaiah Brinkley has wanted since he was 10. Not because he seeks fame and fortune, but because he aspires to approach...

Montrell Jacobs looked down the court at the open basket. Without thinking, he let loose a three — his shot since he was a child. With...

The sign read: “Garage Sale.” With just two dollars in their pockets - granted by their parents - 4-year-old Carly Kottsick and her older...

"Don't ever cry." As Audrey Martinez-Stewart saved a loose ball during an AAU tournament in Indiana, crying did not cross her mind. She...

Knox Lendall had an odd goal. As a freshman on Bishop Fenwick High School’s basketball team in Peabody, Massachusetts, he wanted to...

High school senior Grace Beyer stood at the free throw line, alone in the gym. Her father’s words echoed in her mind, louder with every...

Mystic Striker has lived a life even more unique than her name itself. But when she settled down at Great Lakes Christian College, she...

Alone and hopeless. "I stopped eating. I had anxiety. I was not playing. I had nobody. I could not even talk to my coaches about it.” And...

Marcus Randolph Jr. and basketball overcame adversity together. His hardships before attending the University of Richmond forced growth...

Bryan Baptiste had one choice to make, one of those life-altering choices that impacts everyone around him. His college decision had...

Jackson Atwood wanted accent colors. And he wanted them on his wheelchair. The exact desire: a blue frame with purple accents. This...

Five-year-old Emaia’s heart raced. She ran barefoot over the sharp grass in her backyard, hardly feeling the sting as she sprinted past...

Standing in the airport, London Cobbs spots a former teammate walking toward him, decked out in University of Minnesota basketball gear....

Dyslexia in a nutshell: Reading words like “how” as “who” or “now” as “won.” Right? Wrong. Really wrong. Kentucky Christain University...

Ashlyn Milton always comes back. Sometimes, she needs to step away. But no matter what struggle she faces, one thing never changes. She...

Good luck texts before games from her sister, homemade posters waving in the stands from her mom, hours of training sessions in the...

Sam Stevens struggled. He had some on-court skills, and pretty good athleticism, but he was usually younger and almost always skinnier...

“I’m kind of boring.” I have a story to write about Emilee Gustafson who just described herself as boring. Wonderful. “I really enjoyed...

If there’s one thing Michael Hoffman knows, it’s how to hustle. Work harder than everyone around him. Play smarter than the next guy....

Board games. Trampoline football. Basketball. Name the activity, and Kendra Parra will seek to dominate you. It makes Kendra, Kendra. “I...