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Blake McJunkin, the center for the SMU football team, displays passages from God’s word on his social networking site. Recently, he put one of his favorites in practice by protecting Aggies safety Trent Hunter in a dangerous situation. Hunter intercepted the football during the first quarter of the game,…

In a contest with one another for the PGA Tour Championship and a 10 million dollar purse, Tiger Woods and Sean O’Hair displayed an example of friendship for the entire world to see. O’Hair and Woods were playing a practice round together preceding the beginning of the final playoff tournament. Woods…

Brain Davis may not the biggest name on the PGA Tour, but he could one of most honest. During a playoff at the Verizon Heritage, Davis was facing Jim Furyk, and hoping for his first ever PGA Tour win. Davis’s approach shot on the first playoff hole bounced off the green and into some nearby weeds. When…

Good Sport During a time when a cross-dressing basketball player kicks a spectator and a convicted rapist bites the ear off a boxing opponent, it is refreshing to watch professional athletes act--well, professional. The 1998 baseball season will forever be remembered as the year Sweet Sammy and Mighty…

Finishing the Race John Stephen Akhwari ran in the 1968 Olympics representing Tanzania. Akhwari injured himself in the competition, as a result he finished the race an hour after the gold medal winner. After he crossed the finish line, a reporter asked him, "Why didn't you retire from the race, since…

ANGER Professional golfer Tommy Bolt died in 2008 at the age of 92. Because of his displays of temper, many called him Thunder Bolt. He gave advice to others on how to display their displeasure properly on a golf course. One of his favorites was, “Always throw the club ahead of you so you can pick it…

SERVANTHOOD Mallory Holtman learned to be a servant, even when it hurt. Playing in a college softball game, her Central Washington Wildcats were one game away from elimination in the race for the NCAA playoffs. With the score tied 0-0 and runners on first and second, the batter, Sara Tucholsky sent the…

DETERMINATION Charlie Manuel, the manager of baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies spent a part of his playing career in Japan before American ball players were widely accepted there. He had to learn to hit bad pitches because that was all the pitchers would throw him and the umpires, conspiring with the…

Priorities Every other day, it seems, we pick up a newspaper and read about another professional athlete that does something that makes us cringe. Occasionally, however, they do something that makes us proud to be a sports fan. Take Chris Spielman, for instance. During the late Spring of 1998, Chris…

Generosity On his way to his 70th homerun during the summer of '98, it looked like Mark McGwire just hit his 66th homer of the season, but the umpire ruled that Michael Chapes of Waterford, Wisconsin reached over the fence and caught the ball in bounds and ruled it a "ground rule double." After catching…

PERSISTENCE/PAIN On August 19, 2003, 15-game-winner, Mark Mulder left the mound against The Boston Red Sox with a stress fracture in his hip. And when he did, the hopes of a 4th straight playoff bid for the Oakland Athletics left with him—or so the pundits said. Even with their usual push toward the…

Central Washington offers the ultimate act of sportsmanship By Graham Hays ESPN.com (Archive) Updated: April 28, 2008 Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky had never hit a home run in her career. Central Washington senior Mallory Holtman was already her school's career leader in them. But when a twist…