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Click “Like” to share this with your friends! No one had Auburn on top of the 2010 preseason college football rankings. But by the end of the season, everyone did. For head coach Gene Chizik, it was an incredible year that saw his program come under fire from both media members looking to cast doubt…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! He’s done it before, now Pastor Joe Nelms of Family Baptist Church in Lebanon, Tenn., has seemingly topped his previous NASCAR invocations with a gem at Saturday’s Nationwide race in Nashville–this time invoking the classic Ricky Bobby prayer from Talledega Nights. Did you notice the huge grins…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! Mike Edwards won his third event of the NHRA Pro Stock season (and 31st of his career) at the Mopar Mile High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway near Denver, Colo., by defeating Allen Johnson (who committed a rare red-light foul) in the finals. Edwards also moved from third…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends Mark Martin is leaving full-time racing at the end of this year. He hasn’t said yet whether he’ll maintain a part-time schedule or perhaps make some occasional appearances in high profile events. Regardless, it’s hard to imagine the iconic figure not gracing the NASCAR garage on a…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends In light of the NBA lockout, Dwyane Wade sent out a tongue-in-cheek Tweet to his fans asking for job suggestions. At least one potential employer took him seriously. CBSSportsline.com posted a portion of the job offer that Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) sent Wade: Dear Dwyane Wade, We…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! Dwyane Wade has NBA MVP talent. He’s also experienced his share of NBA problems. In 2008, Wade went through a nasty divorce with his wife and mother of his two children. He had suffered through a broken relationship before when his parents split up leaving his older…

Back in 2006, I interviewed Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard by phone. He was on the team plane at the time waiting to head on a road trip. The interview was for a New Man magazine cover story. Roughly a year later, I asked permission to use the interview for a chapter in an FCA…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! Derek Jeter hits 3,000th hit; talks faith on religious TV show Today, Derek Jeter reached an amazing milestone by hitting his 3,000th career hit. That makes him the 28th player in MLB history to reach that mark. Even more amazing was the way he did it–hitting a…

Click “Like” to share this with your friends! With the All-Star Game a few days away, I thought it might be a good time to catch you up on some of the baseball interviews you may have missed these past couple of months since Inspiring Athletes was launched. This is just a small sampling of…

I saw this story online but didn’t read the details until later when I noticed that Josh Hamilton was trending on Twitter. That’s when I heard the sad irony of the Rangers fan who slipped while trying to catch a ball Hamilton had tossed to him from the outfield. That fan fell over the railing…
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