Mike’s $20K for 20Bostons Challenge March 16, 2018 To my friends and family: In exactly one month from today I plan to roll to the starting line of the 122nd BAA® Boston Marathon. Insomuch as I will…
Please read… So tonight, like most nights when I’m home, I tried to help put our 4 year old daughter to bed as best as I could. To her, it was just another Friday “pizza movie night,” then books and bed, but to…
Disabled water skiers push the limits for fun and competition By Mike Savicki On a warm and steamy Thursday afternoon, tucked deep in the waterfront cove behind the Lake Norman YMCA, the engine of a ski boat idles quietly as a novice water skier…
By Mike Savicki In the dark and quiet pre-dawn hours before the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Mark Wellman and a team of technical experts gathered around the base of the cauldron for a top-secret torch-lighting dress rehearsal. Only…
By Mike Savicki Move over Michael Jordan, there is another extraordinary Carolina basketballer whose accomplishments over four decades merit a place alongside you as one of basketball’s great kings. Michael, meet Mooresville’s Dave Kiley. If you haven’t heard of him, well, he is arguably…
What it Takes Earlier this month the team behind National Mobility Awareness Month descended upon a broadcast studio in Orlando where we spent an entire day sharing the message of “Life Moving Forward” with both television and radio stations from coast to coast….
December 31, 2015 Dear 2016 – It’s not often that I write to a collection of numbers that collectively constitute a “year” (I’m more accustomed to, and experienced with, writing to human beings of all shapes and sizes) so please forgive me if…
Get out and vote for your Local Hero… A few weeks ago, when fellow National Mobility Awareness Month spokesperson, Ashley Lauren Fisher, and I were conducting our satellite media tour from a studio in Orlando, I began noticing many of the reporters were asking us…
“Recognizing Outstanding Athletic Ability, Sportsmanship, and Character” As best as I can recall, it was the summer of 1991 when I was first introduced to the Spirit of the Games Award or, at least, that’s when I heard about it for the first time….
Tonight, like most every night, I took Caroline for a walk after dinner. It’s a ritual we do as frequently as we can before Sarah gives her a bath and bottle then puts her to bed. At 11 months old, we hope the evening walks…