For master’s champion Rob Jackson, the medals recall a life on the move By Mike Savicki Rob Jackson is a runner. The miles motivate him and the training sustains him. Hardly a day in his life passes that he isn’t either running or thinking…
Tom Farrell will transform your car into a work of art By Mike Savicki Here is a simple test that will help identify your place on the “car guy knowledge scale.” Head out to your garage and dump that ever-expanding bucket of loose nuts,…
Carolina Panther Olindo Mare talks NFL kicking By Mike Savicki For the overwhelming majority of the typical NFL game, Olindo Mare stands on the sidelines. He knows there’s nothing personal about the decision; he understands that staying prepared while on the sidelines is simply…
A supercharged messenger of change, Leilani Munter is the first green race car driver By Mike Savicki It was during the 1996 race season when California transplant and ARCA driver, Leilani Munter, first caught wind of a multi-page Internet discussion thread focused solely on her….
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…
Dell, Steph and the Curry family roll into Davidson for the 2011 Curry Celebrity Classic golf tournament By Mike Savicki When your name is Dell Curry, it’s safe to say you know your way around the inside of a gymnasium. Let’s start with a…
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 “One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will, To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”– from Ulysses, Lord Alfred Tennyson On the morning of April 21,1975, 24 year-old…
Friday nights at the Carolina Speedway showcase speed with a uniquely dirt track flair By Mike Savicki It is a Friday night at the Carolina Speedway in Gastonia and things are about to get loud. They are also about to get dirty. As the…
Lake Norman’s cycling sub-culture is on a roll By Mike Savicki The stools adjacent to the bicycle service bay at The Cycle Path in Cornelius are full of eager cyclists picking up free tips on mountain bike repair. At Cool Breeze Cyclery in Mooresville,…