Monica Seles: Tennis Hero and Tragedienne
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View ArticleAlthea Gibson: Barrier Breaker and Way Paver
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View ArticleWarren Spahn: The Greatest Left Hander Ever
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VCU and Butler: Heroes Shifting the Balance of Power in NCAA Basketball
By Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals Almost inevitably in life one sees a clash between top dogs and underdogs, between the "haves" and the "have-nots". NCAA basketball features such a division....
View ArticleTiger Woods: The Ebb and Flow of Fame and Fortune
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View ArticleSecretariat: The Hero Who Obliterated Triple Crown Records
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Tebow and Tiger: Two Trending-Up Sports Heroes
By Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals Heroes usually don’t appear or disappear instantly. Like buildings in an inner city, heroes are either being constructed or torn down. People who enjoy a...
View ArticleJoe Paterno: The Death of a Fallen Hero
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Jeremy Lin: The Hero Who Came Out of Nowhere
By Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals There are times when real-life hero stories are so unlikely, and so inspiring, that they have the appearance of a fairy tale. The story of New York Knick...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali: The Odyssey of a Heroic Champion
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Shavarsh Karapetyan: The Underwater Battle of the Champion
By Sharon Novikov, Matt Rosenthal, & Russell Pine Shavarsh Karapetyan is a retired Soviet Armenian finswimmer. He is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time European...
View ArticleJackie Robinson: The Fearless and Determined Hero
By Jackson Krase It is hard to believe that the grandson of a slave and the son of a sharecropper would go on to become baseball’s civil rights legend and not only change the way we look at sports but...
View ArticleJimmy Valvano: The Hero Who Taught Us How To Live
By Meghan Dillon When James “Jimmy V” Valvano was seventeen years old, he wrote down his dreams on an index card. On that card, he wrote that he would play college basketball, become a head coach, win...
View ArticleThe Queen’s Gambit Tells the Ultimate Underdog Hero Story
By Scott T. Allison The Queen’s Gambit is one of those miniseries that shouldn’t work but somehow does. What could be less exciting than watching two people sit at a table silently playing a board game...
View ArticleMy Hero Roberto Clemente and the Night that Happiness Died
By Scott T. Allison What is the recipe for heroism? Because heroism is in the eye of the beholder, there is no set list of ingredients. But research reveals that especially powerful and iconic heroes...
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