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55-year-old Joe Thomas Sr. made history when he rushed for 3 yards on a carry in the first quarter of South Carolina State’s game against Savannah State on Saturday. Thomas, who played in high school, joined the South Carolina State team when …
Michael Jordan may be over the hill, but that doesn’t mean the Chicago Bulls legend has completely lost his game. During his annual basketball camp at the University of California last week, His Airness showed that 50 ain’t a death …
Brian Rice passed up the opportunity to play Division-II basketball 25 years ago when he decided to join the Navy. He was a promising high school player with a passion for hoops, but Rice felt he wasn’t “mature” enough to attend …
Charles Eugster may be 93 years old, but he’s probably stronger and in better shape than you. Eugster was pretty fit in his youth, but he fell out of shape after spending 30 years as a dentist. As he began to get older, he noticed he was …
The Golden State Warriors D-League affiliate team, the Santa Cruz Warriors, held an open tryout on Sunday that drew 68 people who are looking to fulfill their dreams of playing professional basketball this year. One of those people was 76-year-old …
Most people think their body will break down when they reach their 80s, but one man is showing us you can still be in peak athletic form in your ninth decade. 81-year-old Ed Whitlock of Milton, Ontario, set the world record for the half marathon in …
The Minnesota Wild signed a 51-year-old print shop owner to serve as the team’s emergency goalie Wednesday. Paul Deutsch runs a screen printing and embroidery store in Richfield (Minn.), and he is a good friend of assistant Mike Ramsey. Deutsch …
Imagine spending 26 years in prison for a crime you did not commit. It could happen to anyone. When you think about it in simple terms, there is no difference between any of us and 52-year-old Dewey Bozella. Like all (hopefully) of us, Bozella did …
Phyllis Reffo has walked onto the Pepperdine swimming and diving team at the age of 49, becoming the latest athlete to prove that age cannot hold someone back. Reffo says she began swimming six years ago to maintain her fitness after undergoing major …
Just when we finish telling you about a female kicker who is trying to make the Virginia Tech football team, we catch wind of another unique demographic with football on the brain. Alan Moore, a 61 year old man and Vietnam veteran, has tried out for …
When you open up your tryouts to the public, you better prepare yourself for just about anything. Sometimes you walk away with a Vince Papale, other times, a Charles Chulada. Who is Charles Chulada you ask? Chulada is a 59-year-old former college …
By now you’ve probably heard about Mike Flynt, the 59-year-old man who makes all of us (except for my tennis-playing father) look bad. Dude is preparing for his first game with Sul Ross State since 1970. He was kicked off the team prior to the …
