That is a theme that Frank Deford, long-time Sports Illustrated contributor, addressed in his weekly sports essay for NPR's Morning Edition. Deford focused on the uplifting story of Jeremy Lin, the newly installed point guard for the New York Knicks. ...

Elena Della Donne turned down the opportunity to play for UConn to be near her disabled older sister; now she's the top scorer in the nation for Delaware. Imagine being not only the best high school player in the country -- probably the world -- and...

2011 UGA recruit Isaiah Crowell used a white bulldog puppy to announce his signing with the Bulldogs. Well, here we are starting February with the single most important day in sports upon us. No, of course I don't mean a silly little thing like Super...

I wasn't going to be Carl Yastrzemski or Babe Parilli, I began wanting to be a Sports Illustrated writer one day. Not an unusual aspiration. However, the seeds of desire had as much to do with the bylines Robert H. Boyle, Jack Olsen, Robert T. Jones and...

After former Penn State coach Joe Paterno's death was announced Sunday, fans paid their respects at a Paterno statue on campus. Paterno exerted a rare amount of control in his decades coaching football, says Frank Deford. Now that Joe Paterno has...

Now that Tim Tebow is out of hearts and minds and we can actually turn our attention to other things, let us go to the other side of the world. There, a short while ago, while preparing for the Australian Open, Serena Williams said: "I don't love tennis...