Tag: Games
Battle for London 2012 gold
When Sergeant Mick Brennan was caught in a suicide bombing in Iraq, the outlook was bleak.
Hurled 25 ft by the force of the explosion,...
Quadriplegic graduate student, avid sports fan dies at age 27
Michael Brent, a UK graduate student, avid sports fan and former athlete who developed Quadriplegia after a car accident in high school, died at...
Stingley inspired with way he lived after injury Stingley, who died at age 55,...
The former New England receiver, who died Thursday at age 55, lived life as fully as he could while restricted to his wheelchair after...
Tide wheelchair squads compete despite disability
TUSCALOOSA -- Much like University of Alabama men's basketball coach Mark Gottfried and women's coach Stephany Smith, Brent Hardin scours the country looking for...
Skelley has moved on from injury
Allie Skelley never thought such a mundane task that most people take for granted would make him so happy. But he's grateful for every...
Quadriplegic clash on wheels in full-contact rugby
DURHAM – The ease with which the competitors zipped up and down the court made one almost forget they're missing something most sports players...
The Wii and an injured gamer – a happy follow-up
A little more than 13 months ago, I wrote a front-page story about a young man named...
New sports program to benefit disabled soldiers
The Department of National Defence is working with the Canadian Paralympic Committee on a program called "Soldier On" to help members of the military...
Beware the chair
Travis Oldhouser proves Quad rugby isn't for the scared, soft or squeamish
PHILADELPHIA - Metal slammed into metal in the middle of the gym.
Bodies...
‘Smart’ prosthetics: restoring independence to people with disabilities
People with paralysis can stand and move without a wheelchair. They can operate computers to read email and play video games. Brown University neuroscientist...
