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Electric runs like the 98-yard opening kickoff return for a touchdown in front of 108,000 at Penn State, or the 95-yard score at home against Northwestern, or the touchdown catches of 53 and 41 yards against Indiana State peppered his college football career. Bryant left Purdue University in 2007 as …

It was only after completing his football eligibility and remaining on campus to finish his degree that Bondy, a fullback on Texas’ vaunted 2005 national championship team, felt he may have been missing out on something big. “It was quite an eye-opening experience,” he says of attending his first tailgate …

In 2012, a year after they started racing together, brothers Brent and Kyle Pease started to dream about competing at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. But the world’s preeminent triathlon doesn’t accept just anyone. The duo couldn’t qualify. Kyle has spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy, affecting all four of …

What a shot! 27 amazing sports photos What a shot! 27 amazing sports photos Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett celebrates after the second half of a game against the New York Jets in Cleveland on Thursday, September 20. The game was the first win for the Browns in nearly …

What a shot! 36 amazing sports photos Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Keelan Cole pulls in a one-handed pass reception for a first down on the Jaguars’ first touchdown drive in the first quarter against the New England Patriots on Sunday, September 16. The Jaguars defeated the Patriots 31-20. What a …

There was no indication that the quarterback would become America’s most polarizing sports star. Perhaps it was because the then-injured Kaepernick was not wearing his San Francisco 49ers uniform on that summer night in Houston. Six days later, at a home game with the Denver Broncos, Kaepernick was still injured, …

Smaller than most household bathrooms in the US, this shed is home to a family of three. The parents work on the golf course, while the daughter — in between studying and tending to a small flock of animals — plays golf. But this isn’t any golfer. Pratima Sherpa is …

A Real shirt from the 2008/09 season — Cristiano Ronaldo’s first campaign as a Real player — was a prized possession. But then Ronaldo moved to Juventus and Ouyang’s loyalties changed. Focused flicked from Spain to Italy; to the back of the wardrobe went the Real shirt, in came Juventus …

It was, in many ways, a fitting introduction to the game for a man who never found self-preservation to be a high priority. The image of a bloodied, bandaged Rives — nicknamed “Casque d’Or” (“Golden Helmet”) because of his blonde mop of hair — is a defining one for those …

What a shot! 43 amazing sports photos Andrew Benintendi of the Boston Red Sox is doused in Gatorade after hitting the game winning walk-off single during the tenth inning against the New York Yankees on Sunday, August 5, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. What a shot! 43 amazing sports …