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Two coaches and a youth basketball official are being honored by the American Cancer Society for their work to fund the fight against cancer. Penn State University head basketball coach Pat Chambers, Hickory Christian Academy's Gary Bowne and youth basketball official Lou Levine are the winners of this year's Champion Award, a prestigious national honor from the Coaches vs. Cancer program. This is the first time three people have won […]

Takuma Sato dominated today's Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, with the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver starting from the pole and leading 74 of 90 laps at Barber Motorsports Park to claim his fourth career IndyCar Series Victory. The win is the second for Honda in the opening three races of the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series championship, and vaults Sato to third in the drivers' championship standings. What started […]

70,000 cyclists are gearing up to hit the streets and bike trails across America to support the fifth annual Great Cycle Challenge USA to fight kids' cancer. The month-long event in June benefits Children's Cancer Research Fund and cyclists of all ages and abilities can register at GreatCycleChallenge.com. Great Cycle Challenge riders set personal mileage and fundraising goals for the month and ask their friends, family and colleagues to sponsor […]

Hope Center Uganda will hold its second annual golf fundraiser—Golf for Hope—on June 8th at Mahoney Golf Course in Lincoln, Nebraska. The organization, a global 501(c)3 nonprofit serving the orphaned children of Uganda, has partnered with GolfStatus to streamline event promotion, registration, and overall organization, while also facilitating donor engagement and sponsorships. With a staff of fewer than 20, a small network of volunteers, and a monthly operating budget of […]

During his eight-year career in the National Football League, Reggie Hodges not only earned the record for the longest run by a punter, he served as a mentor and spiritual leader to his fellow players in the locker room and off the field. Now, he brings his lifelong mission to help others "Love well, Serve Well" to teams, churches, businesses, and schools. "I was blessed to be able to experience […]

Los Angeles Lakers icon LeBron James might be using this offseason to film Space Jam 2, but it won't disrupt his usual offseason preparations. According to The Athletic's Joe Vardon, the Space Jam 2 set will house a full-length basketball court for James to use for his summer training. Between Space Jam 2, offseason workouts and potentially selling prospective free agents on the idea of signing with the Lakers, having a […]

Saint Joseph's University announced today that Billy Lange will take the helm of its men's basketball program as head coach. He becomes the 15th head coach in the program's 110-year history. Lange succeeds legendary Hawks' head coach Phil Martelli. Lange brings more than 23 years of sideline experience to the Hawks, most recently as assistant coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Since joining the Sixers in 2013, the team has rebuilt […]

After a two-year hiatus, Doug Glanville is returning to ESPN as a baseball analyst with recurring appearances on "Baseball Tonight," "SportsCenter," and other ESPN morning programming. Glanville will continue with his primary role as the baseball insider for the Chicago Cubs on NBC Sports Chicago where he provides color commentary for the Cubs games and analysis on the pre-and post-game show "Baseball Night in Chicago." Glanville was a 1991 first-round […]

Adding momentum to the national campaign to take tobacco out of baseball, the Maricopa County Stadium District Board of Directors today approved a new policy prohibiting the use of smokeless tobacco products (like chew, dip and snuff) at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. With 2019 Opening Day tomorrow, this announcement sends a simple and powerful message to kids: baseball and tobacco don't mix. With the addition of Chase […]