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In 2014, Phil Jackson, winner of 13 NBA championship rings as both player and coach, became the President of Operations for the New York Knicks. With a 29 and 40 record, the Knicks needed help, so they turned to Jackson. Before, all the Knicks had was a losing record, an enormous payroll, upset fans,…

Manuel Reija is a convenience store clerk in La Coruna, Spain. He found a lottery ticket on his counter and before throwing it away he checked the numbers. He discovered it was a $6.3 million winner. “I was standing up, but I had to sit down. I almost broke the chair, I was so flustered,” Reija told…

The Association of Surfing Professionals admitted that they made an embarrassing mistake when they declared the new Surfing World Champion. The organization presented American Kelly Slater with his 11th World Title after he won his third round heat at a tour event in San Francisco. At that point, officials…

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and George Steinbrenner, the owner of the New York Yankees knew one another well. When Steinbrenner died, Giuliani had this to say about him, "The one thing about George you could always count on was, there were no ulterior motives. It was all about winning.…

The Mindset of a Winner Okay, here goes. I am going to make a couple of uneducated guesses on who will emerge as the NBA Champion, and what NHL team will lift high the Lord Stanley Cup. But, first, I want to talk about excellence. When you think of the Lakers, you immediately think of Kobe Bryant. When…

JOHN GAGLIARDI St. John's football coach, 82, on his job security after 56 years at the Division III Benedictine school: "The monks give me a lifetime contract. But if we start losing games, they can give me the last sacraments and declare me dead." Source: Sports Illustrated, January , 2006

GLORY How long have you been playing golf and how many holes in one have you recorded? Central Illinois amateur golfer Curt Hocker, 22, is on a roll. Five rolls, to be exact. Ask anyone at the El Paso Golf Club in Kappa, Ill., where Hocker has recorded five holes-in-one in the last week, including two…

The Daily News, Longview, May 24, 2007 Jay Leno, marking his 15th year as host of “The Tonight Show” on Friday, understands his role with NBC’s late-night institution like a good comedian knows timing. “Tonight” isn’t his; he’s just borrowing it. “The real trick is you never really do own these shows.…

PROVERBS 24:16 I was looking up a baseball stat recently and in the "lifetime achievements" section I came across a list with some rather impressive names on it. At the top of the list was Reggie Jackson. His name was followed by Willie Stargell. Also on the list, near the top, were Jose Canseco, Tony…