Al Widing, Jr. thought his 89-year-old father had faced the challenging 120-mile AuSable River Canoe Marathon for the last time. He was wrong. “Most weekends, I travel to my parents’ house in Mio where dad and I spend time paddling on the AuSable together,” said Widing Jr., a Linden resident. “Starting this spring, just about

Michael Johnson has only sketchy memories of the moment that will impact the rest of his life. The 12-year-old Mt. Morris native was working his way through the pack during a heat race in Sarnia, Ontario. He was a promising talent on the road to motocross racing stardom, with a national championship in the 14-year-old

Here’s a question asked by many Flint area residents who are familiar with the Crim. Why do runners from Kenya always win the ten-mile run in the Health Plus Crim Festival of Races? Since 1992, a person of Kenyan nationality has won the race 19 times! Just how do the Kenyan competitors run so fast?

Baseball is a nostalgic sport: the pace and traditions of the game, unlike the frenetic crash of bodies in American football, are reminiscent of a time long past. In Flint, those who wish to experience true old-time baseball can enjoy a vintage game played by the Lumber City Base Ball Club. While the modern game

It’s a simple, concise, genuine and undeniably catchy phrase that follows Coach Shawn Brown everywhere. “Yeah, Baby!” is the trademark one-liner of Mott Community College Bears Baseball, a team that has received the best of “Brownie” for the past 20 years. “Time well spent,” Brown says of those years as he gazes fondly upon his

“Hockey players have fire in their hearts and ice in their veins.” The quote above can be found on the website of the first-ever women’s hockey team at the University of Michigan-Flint. The Women’s Ice Hockey Club was formed in 2011 by student Nicole Baragwanath. “I was working on my master’s degree,” says Nicole, “and

Congratulations to all the participants of the 56th-Annual CANUSA games from Hamilton, Ontario and Flint, MI on their collective efforts and sportsmanship! This year’s games, which were held in Canada and will return to Flint in 2014, were won by Hamilton, ending Flint’s three-year win streak. Flint’s Mayor Dayne Walling won the annual Mayor Challenge

Downtown Flint was jammed with people during the 37th annual Health Plus Crim Festival of Races! The Kenyans could barely contain their energy prior to the start, dancing up and down the bricks, impatient for the race to begin. Music played in the background and the bright, sunny weather was much to the liking of

An electrifying kickoff for the Health Plus Crim Festival of Races, the Michigan Professional Mile Race was held on Friday evening, presented by The Running Institute. The Professional Men’s Mile and Women’s Mile came with a $10,000 purse. Ben Blankenship won the men’s division with a time of 4:05:09 while Heather Kampf took the women’s

Summertime in Flint means it’s time for the Flint Olympian Games, the qualifying events for the CANUSA Canadian United States games. The 57th Flint Olympian Games were held on July 9 at the Guy V. Houston Stadium at Flint Northwestern High School, featuring youth ranging from four to 21 years old. Participants who performed well