From sleeping on his brother’s couch as the new, undrafted member of the New York Knicks to becoming a worldwide sensation, Jeremy Lin’s journey to stardom was pure “Linsanity.” As much as people praise him for taking the Knicks’ starting point guard job and running with it, the “Taiwanese Tebow” would rather give the glory to God instead. Early Years Raised by Taiwanese immigrants Lin Gie-Ming and Shirley Lin in a Christian home, Jeremy Lin gained the faith and foundation that would serve as the building blocks that anchored his future. Lin’s Christianity grew tremendously as a teenager thanks to […]

In one of the highlights of the 2012 NFL Draft, Commissioner Roger Goodell announced, “With the second pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Washington Redskins select Robert Griffin III, quarterback, Baylor.” It was no surprise that the “‘Skins” chose to draft Griffin, considering that the lack of talent and leadership at the quarterback position had been a significant factor in the team’s mediocrity for roughly two decades. Regardless, some fans were surprised at the heavy price that Washington paid to land Griffin. What was it about Griffin that compelled the Redskins to trade away their 2012, 2013 and 2014 […]

The 2012 London Summer Olympics will allow the entire world to put their differences aside and compete for dominance in athletic competition. Everyone will get the chance to see a glimpse of a united world. Under this contradictory guise of peace and fierce competition, many people do not understand the lengths these athletes have to go through to compete on the world’s grandest stage of competition. On top of training for hours nearly every  day, many Olympians have gone through mountains of adversity to achieve their athletic success. Culture, poverty, physical disability and even war are some of the large […]

Selected by the San Diego Chargers with the fifth overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft, expectations were extraordinarily high for Junior Seau, but no one knew whether the 1989 All-American USC prospect would actually meet them. The intense, passionate play Seau displayed reflected his love for football and transformed the San Diego native into an NFL superstar who went above and beyond those expectations. The “Tasmanian Devil” made 12 straight Pro Bowls from 1991 to 2002, eight of which Seau was a first team selection for. Winning the 1992 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award in only his […]