Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tag: Wheelchair Basketball

Wheelchair basketball tournament in Winston-Salem helps raise awareness

Members of the Winston-Salem Triad Trackers wheelchair basketball team raced up and down the court Sunday against the Augusta Bulldogs, wheelchairs knocking together as...

Wheelchair basketball raises awareness of disabilities

Sports-loving teens show how it’s done CORONADO — Two Coronado teenagers who have forms of cerebral palsy used their skills at wheelchair basketball in a...

Spinal-cord injured find hope in basketball

KATHMANDU, July 31: Nepal Army personnel Santa Kumar Shrestha had sustained spinal cord injury nine years ago during a shootout with Maoists insurgents at...

Wheelchair basketball means more than final score

They weren't bungee jumping or having a "hey, watch this" moment, weren't misbehaving or daring fate. They were simply living life. Robert Estes, 36, of Canton...

Elkhorn man competitive as ever despite paralysis

Murderball, anyone? It sounds like blood sport, but it is a team sport for athletes with disabilities. Murderball is the politically incorrect name that participating...

Wheelchair basketball rekindles competitive spirit

For Sherrod Nelson, the opportunity to play basketball again in a group setting with others has been rewarding. Nelson is one of the members...

Basketball helps Tulsa kids roll past their boredom

Saturday's event is a warm-up for the conference championship later this month in OKC. Logan Shaw played competitive soccer until three years ago, when he...

Paralympics Offer Wounded Veterans a Chance to Dream

Some Go for the Gold; Others Just Want to 'Feel Normal Again' CHICAGO -- When Maryland native Keith Buckman regained consciousness in a Bethesda hospital...

Paralyzed Veterans Get ‘Ready to Roll’ at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games

WASHINGTON, DC - More than 600 veterans with disabilities have signed up to compete in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games taking place July 13-18,...

Event gets the wheels turning

Basketballs bounced, wheels turned and the whistle was blown for yesterday's official kickoff of Barrie's seventh annual Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion event. The annual...