Tara Lipinski stands four feet, ten inches tall, but no one can measure her heart. In 1997 she defeated Michelle Kwan, the overwhelming favorite, to win both the U.S. and World Figure Skating Championships. But those accomplishments were o...

Teemu Selanne--high-scoring forward for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim--is one of the most feared players in the National Hockey League (NHL). Selanne--known as the "Finnish Flash"--set NHL rookie records during the 1992-93 season with 76 goa...

In January 1998 running back Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos achieved a feat that only few football players have ever accomplished when he won the Most Valuable Player award for Super Bowl XXXII. Overcoming a migraine headache that for...

Born Eldrick Woods on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California, Tiger Woods was the youngest man ever, and the first man of color, to win the Masters Tournament of golf. In 2001 he became the first golfer since Bobby Jones in 1930 to hold...

Tino Martinez--the slugging first baseman of the New York Yankees--believes in hard work. As a child he tore a hole in the backyard fence by hitting baseballs off a tee in an effort to perfect his swing. The hard work paid off as Martinez ...

In October 1995 Tom Glavine stood on the mound facing the most powerful team he had ever pitched against. A win would give his team, the Atlanta Braves, the World Series championship. The road to this point had taken many turns for Glavine...

With animated language and facial expressions, hisses, shrieks, and other homespun vocal effects, Jackie Torrence (born 1944) has breathed new life into the age-old art of storytelling. Her retelling of African-American folktales and class...