Friday, March 29, 2024

Tag: Games

Paralympic athletes shooting for awareness

Don't pity the women on the USA Wheelchair Basketball team. That's the message from South University's Mary Vacala, appointed to the medical staff for the...

ATHENS, Here we come!

MODESTO -- When Paraplegic athlete Darwin Holmes touched the wall at the America's Center pool in St. Louis, he had a feeling his time...

Don’t bet against him

MT. VERNON — Had he been able, he would have leaped out of his bed, fists raised. If his legs had responded, if his...

I’m going to walk again

16-year-old who woke up paralyzed hasn't lost his will or his faith Zack Murphy got a necktie not long before Father's Day this year, an...

The long road back

Pam Malcolm won't let a near-fatal car crash deter her from attaining her goals. Pam Malcolm, 20, of Colchester is slowly but surely recovering from...

Eye for excellence

Decatur man 2nd in national archery contest A second-place finish in a national archery competition would be enough to make most people brag. But not for...

Hospital organizes team for those with spinal cord injuries

After an accident five years ago robbed him of the use of his legs, Joe Papale figured his days playing in a softball league...

The Hartford and U.S. Paralympics In Annapolis to Promote ‘Ability’ in the Workplace

National Tour Educates American Companies on Hiring, Retaining Employees with Disabilities SIMSBURY, Conn., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE: HIG -...

Paralysis no limit to determination

Helping out... Ricky Wright, the former Edison Tech football player who was paralyzed during a scrimmage in August 1994, is attempting to raise money to...

Disabled Quincy man puts past behind him, focuses on the future

Greg Starman admits he will occasionally still find himself wondering, "Why?" Why did such an unbelievably cruel twist of fate have to befall a...