Daniel Lynch combined his dreams of racing and firefighting into a life of service By Mike Savicki Have you ever wondered what it might be like to leave family, friends and a guaranteed job behind to chase a dream? What decision might you make…
By Mike Savicki We met for the first time twenty-four years ago when I was just a college kid. What brought me to her was nothing more than a macho roommate challenge that elevated into a 26.2-mile race. Looking back, I think I ran…
Phil Horton’s vision and philosophy elevate athletic performance By Mike Savicki Huntersville’s Phil Horton has both an athletic coaching and training resume that crosses collegiate and professional sports, and a philosophy that is as unique as it is successful. The Lenoir, North Carolina native,…
It’s all about flash and flair at Outcast Kustoms and K&L Collision By Mike Savicki If you ever caught “Trick My Truck” on Country Music Television (CMT), Speed’s “American Trucker,” Travel Channel’s “Outrageous Rigs” or “Outcast Kustoms”on Discovery’s Velocity Channel, then you’ll most likely…
Anthony Famiglietti inspires runners to push beyond limits By Mike Savicki Under the cover of darkness, a single runner takes to the Davidson College track. There is very little warm-up, and he gets right down to business. Hammering out interval after interval, each lap…
Twenty years later, Dan Jansen’s Olympic story still resonates By Mike Savicki It’s hard to imagine that it has been twenty years since the world last saw speed skater, Dan Jansen, streak across the Olympic ice in American red, white and blue. Two decades…
Davis Combs makes a statement at The 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games By Mike Savicki Davis Combs isn’t like most athletes in CrossFit Eternal Davidson’s gym. At 17, he is one of the youngest regulars, he is undersized, and, having only been at it for…
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…
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…