Jacobs Is a Bull of a Runner and a Teddy Bear of a Father
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Running back Brandon Jacobs is viewed as a brutish, supersized superhero and Giants fans take great joy in watching him flatten defenders. But he is nothing like his public persona.
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Gete Wami of Ethiopia is running the Berlin Marathon on Sept. 30, then the New York City Marathon five weeks later. Such a turnaround is mostly unheard of in distance running.
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The evolution of a physique for long-distance running is what made humans look the way we do now -- whether winning a marathon, nursing a strained Achilles&#39; tendon
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He&#39;ll scan through the results of the New York City Marathon and grimace. He&#39;ll search desperately for the first American finisher -- geez, where is the first American finisher?
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When talking with high school or college athletes one of the reoccurring themes that tends to pop up is how they happen to have come from athletically minded families.
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At the ripe old age of 100, Aloysius is too weary to revisit Brideshead -- but one of the world&#39;s most famous teddy bears may consider a cameo appearance.
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INDIANAPOLIS - The game had been won. The record had been set. Afterward, they quietly walked down the tunnel together, the famous father in his blue sweater, hugging the famous son in his Indianapolis Colts uniform.
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It is difficult to find anything positive about war, but the pictures in the news of children and their military fathers loving each other have been heart-rending. They remind us that there is nothing on Earth more precious and sacred than the love between fathers and their children.
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As the season winds down, the Giants want to hitch their chances to the broad-shouldered Brandon Jacobs. But they need assurances that he will be healthy and that he will hold on to the ball.
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ATHENS - Klete Keller says he likes to run with the bulls. Talks a little bull, too. But he doesn&#39;t kid around in the water.
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Ask 7-year-old John Simmons if he can run a marathon and he shyly laughs. But ask him if he can run 26.2 miles over several months and he nods yes...
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Peter Jacobsen leads the tournament he helped bring to his home state.
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The oft-injured quarterback Rex Grossman has the Bears winning games and Chicago dreaming of a championship.
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Some athletes are predisposed, genetically hard-wired, to draw attention, one way or another.
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You gotta love Lovie. When the Chicago Bears hired him last January, the man promised he knew how to beat Brett Favre. He guaranteed his new team would turn around its one-sided rivalry with the Packers.
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On Evansville Courier & Press: Lifestyle
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The stuffed bear specialist is ready to get stuffed with buyout offers.