Sport

The Dream Catcher

Daniel Lynch combined his dreams of racing and firefighting into a life of service By Mike Savicki   Have you ever wondered what it might be like to leave family, friends and a guaranteed job behind to chase a dream? What decision might you make…

Changing the Game

Phil Horton’s vision and philosophy elevate athletic performance By Mike Savicki   Huntersville’s Phil Horton has both an athletic coaching and training resume that crosses collegiate and professional sports, and a philosophy that is as unique as it is successful. The Lenoir, North Carolina native,…

Big Rigs and Big Fun

It’s all about flash and flair at Outcast Kustoms and K&L Collision By Mike Savicki   If you ever caught “Trick My Truck” on Country Music Television (CMT), Speed’s “American Trucker,” Travel Channel’s “Outrageous Rigs” or “Outcast Kustoms”on Discovery’s Velocity Channel, then you’ll most likely…

The Reckless Runner

Anthony Famiglietti inspires runners to push beyond limits By Mike Savicki   Under the cover of darkness, a single runner takes to the Davidson College track. There is very little warm-up, and he gets right down to business. Hammering out interval after interval, each lap…

A Golden Spirit

Twenty years later, Dan Jansen’s Olympic story still resonates By Mike Savicki   It’s hard to imagine that it has been twenty years since the world last saw speed skater, Dan Jansen, streak across the Olympic ice in American red, white and blue. Two decades…

Fittest of the CrossFit

Davis Combs makes a statement at The 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games By Mike Savicki   Davis Combs isn’t like most athletes in CrossFit Eternal Davidson’s gym. At 17, he is one of the youngest regulars, he is undersized, and, having only been at it for…

Iron Sharpens Iron

F3’s principles of fitness, fellowship and faith strengthen men By Mike Savicki   This story begins on the Davidson green well before sunrise. Bobby Cashion, the local founder of a group known as F3, is the first to arrive. He has been tasked with leading…

The Penske Way

Operating under one Mooresville roof, with a collaborative culture and unyielding drive, Team Penske raises the bar for motorsports performance By Mike Savicki   In early 2005, Roger Penske and Tim Cindric began meeting to explore options for a strategic realignment of the team owner’s…

Bracketology

The science behind a perfect March Madness bracket By Mike Savicki   When I first read that billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Warren Buffett, had teamed with Quicken Loans to offer $1 billion for the perfect 2014 March Madness bracket, I was a bit…