Archive for the 'Athletics' Category

Don’t Quit

In the award-winning film Chariots of Fire, one of the characters chronicled (alongside Scottish sprinter and missionary to China, Eric Liddell) is legendary British sprinter Harold Abrahams. Abrahams is obsessed with winning, but in a preliminary 100-meter dash leading up to the 1924 Olympics, he is soundly beaten by his rival, Liddell. His response is…

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Helping Our Kids: Winning & Losing Podcast

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Winning and losing. It doesn’t just happen in sports—we all face times of victory and defeat. I hope you’ll join us for Sports Spectrum as we look at this important concept with Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bryan Clay, and college athletic trainer Jaroy Carpenter. How should we respond to defeat with character and integrity? The…

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