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Kickstarter Campaign Gives Inspirational Rollaball Players Hope

(Rollaball) Inspiration is a thing of beauty.  Everyday, people around the world are doing inspiring things or creating inspiring stories.  This one is about Rollaball and the humble men that play the game. Ghanaians who have survived polio have put a unique twist on soccer.  Because of their battle, these men have adapted to life and sport without legs.  Locally-made skateboards provide for a way of life and essentially, a way to escape the streets. Living in Accra, Ghana and outcast by society, these men have little.  While begging for food and sleeping in tents is part of their daily lives, they find escape in sport.

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ProXR Ergonomic Bat: The Next Generation of Baseball Bats

The baseball bat has been more or less the same since Louisville Slugger crafted its first one in 1884. Sure, the bat has evolved through different sizes and colors, but it hasn’t endured a revolutionary change in quite some time. Grady Phelan, inventor of ProXR ergonomic bat technology, is trying to change that. Phelan, a […]

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