Sparky Anderson Learns from Failure

Hall of Fame baseball coach Sparky Anderson is the only manager in history to win World Series titles in both the National and American Leagues. He led ...

Competition Spikes Hormones

Harper's Index offers some insight into men and competition:

Average percentage points by which a male sports fan's testosterone level rises when ...

Keeping Discouragement at Bay

A man stopped to watch a Little League baseball game. He asked one of the youngsters what the score was. "We're losing 18-0," was the answer. ...

Running toward Unseen Goal

United States runner Marla Runyon has been legally blind for 22 years. Even so, she competed in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. In ...

Charles Schulz: Lover of Losers

With the death of "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles Schulz, many commented on his ability to reflect on the sadnesses of real life through the experiences ...

Real Consistency

The only way to be "truly" consistent is as a non-Christian. If we are to be Christians at all, we will be inconsistent ones. We will be right ...

The Secret of Carl Lewis

After winning the gold medal for the long jump in the 1996 Olympic games, Carl Lewis was asked by Bryant Gumbel on The Today Show: "You have competed ...

"Success" Beats Integrity

America's integrity dilemma: we are all full of fine talk about how desperately our society needs it, but, when push comes to shove, we would just ...

Born to Lose

Once walking through the twisted little streets of Kowloon in Hong Kong, I came upon a tattoo studio. In the window were displayed samples of the tattoos ...

Faithfulness and Success

Some mistakenly conclude that faithfulness and success are diametrically opposed.