F3’s principles of fitness, fellowship and faith strengthen men By Mike Savicki This story begins on the Davidson green well before sunrise. Bobby Cashion, the local founder of a group known as F3, is the first to arrive. He has been tasked with leading…
By Mike Savicki Let’s start with heartfelt congratulations. You made it through the holidays and dodged all the inside pitches that were thrown at you. Your turkey didn’t spontaneously combust, you found parking spaces on Black Friday, you actually managed to buy a pretty…
Operating under one Mooresville roof, with a collaborative culture and unyielding drive, Team Penske raises the bar for motorsports performance By Mike Savicki In early 2005, Roger Penske and Tim Cindric began meeting to explore options for a strategic realignment of the team owner’s…
The science behind a perfect March Madness bracket By Mike Savicki When I first read that billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Warren Buffett, had teamed with Quicken Loans to offer $1 billion for the perfect 2014 March Madness bracket, I was a bit…
Stump and Cindy Lewis are NASCAR’s husband and wife haulers By Mike Savicki Have you ever wanted to just point your vehicle west and head off into the sunset with the one you love? Explore the open roads and see our nation’s natural beauty?…
34 years on the pool deck has prepared David Marsh for a run at Olympic gold By Mike Savicki The Auburn University swimmers never touched the water at any point during his first practice as head coach. For David Marsh, there were more…
Shirley Muldowney, The First Lady of Drag Racing, finds a new starting line in Huntersville By Mike Savicki For more than five decades, Shirley Muldowney, now 75, left her mark not only on drag strips but also in the minds of race fans all across…
Bob Millikin and the art of wood turning By Mike Savicki Most guys I know don’t do art. We don’t do crafts either. It’s just not our style. We don’t speak that language. If art is creating something, well, we can’t, won’t and don’t…
Following a lifetime in baseball, Gene Monahan begins again in the sport of his youth. By Mike Savicki After nearly five decades in pinstripes, a career that included 19 post seasons, 11 World Series appearances and seven wins, you might think Gene Monahan has…
From the June 2016 issue of Lake Norman CURRENTS magazine (in print and online at www.lncurrents.com)…. “Dear Queen Elsa…” A “royal” Father’s Day letter to his daughter By Mike Savicki Dear Queen Elsa of Arendelle – It’s amazing how much…