Dream big! IronKids champ and Olympic hopeful Winter Vinecki is answering your Qs

You read in our June/July issue how Winter Vinecki is conquering marathons on all seven continents, raising major moolah for prostate cancer and—fingers crossed!—heading to the Olympics. Now, she’s showing Y-O-U how to tackle your dreams, both big and small...

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Top 14 tips from our fave fitness pros

Ever wondered what the pros have to say about shaping up? We got the fabbest get-fit-fast fiends to spill their secrets to all things workout related. Read on for their best tips ever. The best way to beat your...

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You've gotta see this: Extreme female athletes kickin' booty

There’s something amazing about seeing women take on extreme sports, and—lucky us!—it’s the weekend of all weekends to watch it happen live. X Games Aspen is going on right now, and the girls are hitting the slopes in a big...

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Watch this teen make an amazing 3-point shot

When sophomore Gabrielle Gary, a guard for Indiana’s McCutcheon High Mavericks, ran after a rogue ball during a rivalry game, she wasn’t trying to do anything viral video-worthy. She just wanted to stop it from going out of bounds. Fate...

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Teen sets XC personal best with guide dog in tow

Last year, the Lexington girls cross-country team welcomed two unbelievable new members: Sami Stoner, who is legally blind, and Chloe, her golden retriever guide dog. Sami is a long-time runner, you see, but when she was diagnosed with a...

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Warm up watchin' surfer girl shredding vids

Next week, championship-winning American longboard surfers Lindsay Steinriede and Kassia Meador (pictured above) are tearin’ it up at the second-annual World Longboard Championship in Hainan, China. While we’re reluctantly bundling up in sweaters and puffer coats, we can’t help but long for...

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9-year-old girl beats the boys in tackle football

Spunky 9-year-old Sam Gordon is an avid athlete. Her dad started her off playing soccer, and when her teammates and cousins would play dirty in when they practiced, she would give as good as she got. So her dad hardly blinked an...

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Middle schools now drug testing student athletes

Drug testing in professional sports is a typical occurrence. We read stories all the time about athletes being fined or suspended for testing positive for certain performance enhancing or illicit substances. But drug testing for middle schoolers? Now that’s a whole different ball...

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5 things the Fab Five are obsessed with (and you probably are, too!)

When we see elite gymnasts on T.V., they look untouchable, like they couldn’t possibly be real girls. But we got the dish from the Fab Five, the United States’ Olympic gold medal-winning women’s gymnastics team, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Jordyn Wieber...

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3 Olympic athlete lip sync videos you've gotta see

We’ve seen our fair share of amazing lip sync videos, but when Olympic athletes get in on the fun, they take it to a whole new level. Here are our top-three video picks…and how they stack up on the must-watch podium. Just call...

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