How Tamara Donelson fell in love with mountain biking in spite of herself — and why she stepped back from the sport she loved to rediscover fun on her own terms  Be careful. Get down from there. Don’t do that.  Many young girls are taught to fear or avoid daring athletic pursuits. In fact, one […]

Jim Cavale left baseball to pursue entrepreneurship — and he’s helped thousands of student-athletes in the process Jim Cavale is competitive by nature, so it’s fitting that he found his way to sports at a young age. “Just playing in my neighborhood, I realized I enjoyed competition,” Cavale says. “And sports was and still is […]

Why Brett Donelson left the ski industry to transform girls’ lives through The Cycle Effect Brett Donelson doesn’t consider himself an athlete. “I like to ride bikes and run and stuff like that,” he says. That modesty belies the fact that Donelson has been racing mountain bikes for years. He played soccer at Hobart College […]

Cal State Fullerton Head Men’s Basketball Coach Dedrique Taylor on the life-changing clarity that drives his actions on and off the court Picture an athlete and the words we use to describe them: Strong. Fast. Flexible. Powerful. We revere athletes for what their bodies can do. For Cal State Fullerton Head Men’s Basketball Coach Dedrique […]