Tag: Games
A wounded GI’s new battle
Sugar Land soldier is one of thousands returning home disabled
Humvee gunner Spc. Dillon Cannon scanned left, then right.
It was about 1 p.m., and his...
Eigen’s spinal injury leads Old Forge community to rally around athlete
Kiel Eigen remembers the bounce in his step and the butterflies fluttering in his stomach.
He had been waiting for some time for that kickoff....
Year after paralyzing injury, player strides back to Cornell
Hard work, support drive Gant's return
ITHACA — It has been a year since a collision on a basketball court changed Khaliq Gant's life, and...
Soothing words ease rough times
HAINES -- It got a little rough under the basket when the Haines Lady Glacier Bears played the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs Saturday night. A...
Hurt athlete inspires community
Three and a half weeks ago, Stowe native and standout athlete Jordan Carrell, 22, injured his spine in a snowboarding accident on Mount Mansfield,...
Connecticut Murderball
Depending on how you read the situation, the Connecticut Jammers are either having a bad year or a great one.
The state’s wheelchair rugby team’s...
Oh, to be young and uninsured: Bad idea
USA TODAY, in partnership with ABC News, is exploring the issues of being young and in debt in a six-week series that began Monday,...
Drew’s Life After paralysis
The Donnellans had their annual Christmas party one week ago.
They served the same jerk chicken with rice and peas, made by a friend of...
Chedoke chaplain has Olympic dreams
People often misuse the word accident to describe an injury, says Adrian Dieleman, a chaplain for Chedoke's Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program.
"These things are...
Modified van, Marine mindset carry injured vet into a new chapter of life
FREDERICK -- An injury during his service in Iraq three years ago left Marine Sgt. Jason Wittling many things -- a quadriplegic,...
