Sports

Sports movies have a special place in the American culture. Perhaps that’s because Americans naturally root for the underdog – the subject of most sports flicks. Or …

Standing in the gap … for yourself

Although I don’t watch as much as when I was in college, basketball is still one of my favorite sports. NBA players are some of the best pure athletes in the world. With their size, speed, …

Overcoming the fear

I was never into skateboarding, but even I knew who Tony Hawk was in the 80s and 90s. Hawk is legendary to his sport, taking it places it hadn’t been before. Although it’s debated in …

By Tom Strode NEW ORLEANS (BP) — Southern Baptists celebrated the power of partnership with a veteran National Football League player and his family in dedicating a new ultrasound machine in a …

By Dawn Tolbert ROME – The Shorter University baseball team welcomed 2019 by answering the call to missions. A group of 25 Hawks players and coaches took part in a six-day mission trip to Mexico at …

For other Cartersville residents and me, it was surreal to see Trevor Lawrence, a kid who had just been known around town as “Trevor” since he was 15, on the national stage last night. It …

Miguel Chavis, center, defensive player development coach for the Clemson Tigers, has been part of the team's rise to tonight's College Football Playoff National Championship against Alabama. CLEMSON …

By Tim Ellsworth TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (BP) — Alabama running back Josh Jacobs and three other Crimson Tide football players provided a pleasant surprise for a 13-year-old boy while delivering a …

There are a lot of things wrong about sports – over-devotion by fans, parents investing in their 8-year-old like their retirement depends on his signing bonus, overpaid athletes and coaches. …

I’ve never, ever had a reason to root for Purdue. Saturday night the Boilermakers earned my fandom simply because they were playing Ohio State. The other reason came through Tyler Trent. Like …

No Nikes Needed

I was privileged to be a part of the Reviving the Passion of Preaching Conference in Hattiesburg, MS this week and had the opportunity of hearing my friend, Dr. Dean Register, pastor of Crosspoint …

Pastor Jeff Hicks greets Frank Barnett on homecoming Sunday, August 12, at Beacon Heights Baptist Church in Madison. GERALD HARRIS/Index MADISON — Jeff Hicks is pastor of Beacon Heights Baptist …

P. J. and the family pet Veda – a full-blooded boxer – and his sister Gracie pose with their parents Penny and Paul in a not-so-formal outdoor setting. KUNST/Special[/caption] YATESVILLE – If …

Teen loses his leg, but gains a voice

Dave Geros watches his son, Garrett, complete a set of leg pressess during a recent workout. Garrett Geros lost his left leg below the knee in a car crash two years ago. SCOTT BARKLEY/Index EURHARLEE …

Samuel Armas is motivated by his favorite Bible passage: “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for …

Acts of God and the Philadelphia Eagles

Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles holds his seven-month-old daughter Lily while being interviewed by NBC Sports' Dan Patrick after leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 41-33 win over New England in Super …

Zach Morrison contributed to a couple of firsts at Shorter University as a four-year started and all-conference lineman in being a part of the inaugural team in 2005 before helping the Hawks claim …

Inspiration from athletes who are amputees

The men in the white t-shirts are members of the Haiti Amputee Soccer Team pictured in Atlanta on their goodwill tour in the U.S. ATLANTA — Mountain Park First Baptist Church hosted the Amputee …

ROME —  Shorter University is pleased to announce the hiring of Tony Lundy, a veteran educator and coach, as the university's Director of Athletics. Lundy will begin his duties on Jan. 1. Tony …

Dawgs Rule in SEC

Jake Fromm takes a snap against Mississippi State at Samford Stadium Sept. 23 in a 31-3 UGA win. Fromm's emergence this season has been key in the Bulldogs march to an SEC Championship. UGA …

Editorial: Watch out for Jose Altuve

HOUSTON — The current World Series has been full of drama, home runs, marathon battles on the diamond, outstanding players, and come-from-behind wins. The Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers …

An overflow crowd showed up at Grace Baptist Church in Monroe Oct. 22 for Monroe Area high School Purple Hurricanes Day. The gathering included the baptisms of five MAHS football players. GRACE …

Brewton-Parker College's women's wrestling team and Coach Brittney Gadd, top right, began their second season and first in the Mid-South Conference hosting the school's first-ever duel. JOSE …

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police on Wednesday searched the home of Ciro Gomes, a left-wing politician expected to run for president next year, as part of an investigation into …

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