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High School Baseball Team Lifts Up Car to Save Trapped Girl

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:19:50 +0000

If the Valley High School baseball team in Sacramento, California is as clutch on the field as it is off of it, it may very well win a championship. After a woman accidentally hit and backed over her teenage daughter, several players on the team ran to the scene and saved the day by lifting [...]

MITM Video of the Day – Marine Amputees Give Hope to Boston Victims

Danny Merrell — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:47:59 +0000

Celeste and Sydney are mother and daughter, and both had portions of their legs amputated due to the explosions last Monday at the Boston Marathon. Over the weekend, they got some very special visitors at the hospital. Marines who had their legs amputated as a result of battle wounds made it a point to talk [...]

Patton Oswalt Offers Up Amazing Words of Comfort After Boston Marathon Tragedy

TheFW Staff — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:26:35 +0000

Maybe you think of comedian and actor Patton Oswalt as the guy who brilliantly nicknamed KFC's Famous Bowls "Sadness Bowls." Maybe to you he is the guy from 'King of Queens' or the voice of 'Ratatouille.' But he is also the person who came up with the uplifting message we all needed to hear after yesterday's tragic bombing during the Boston Marathon.

7-Year-Old Jack Hoffman Scores TD In Nebraska Spring Football Game

Joe Student — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:25:51 +0000

On the field and online, Jack Hoffman was impossible to stop on Saturday. Hoffman, a 7-year-old brain cancer patient from Atkinson, Neb., scampered 69 yards for a touchdown during the University of Nebraska’s spring scrimmage in Lincoln. Hoffman expertly followed his blockers, who held the defense at bay while he jogged past them with a [...]

Beaumont Man With Terminal Brain Cancer Wins Marathon While Pushing Daughter in Stroller

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:26:05 +0000

Iram Leon isn’t going to let a little thing like cancer slow him down. In the latest story about the power of the human spirit on display at a marathon, the 32-year-old man battling terminal brain cancer finished first in the Gusher Marathon in Beaumont, Texas earlier this month, while pushing his six-year-old daughter the [...]

Basketball's Play of the Year Happened in Texas [VIDEO]

Danny Merrell — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:18:55 +0000

On the Road from CBS News did a feature on something truly special that happened at a Texas high school basketball game. This may bring tears, but the good kind, especially with the surprise ending.