In winter, places look very different, and it gives a feeling of exploration. It rejuvenates you for the coming week.

In winter, places look very different, and it gives a feeling of exploration. It rejuvenates you for the coming week.

He loves college football; his heart is in it. He wants the Buffs to win - you can feel it read more

He loves college football; his heart is in it. He wants the Buffs to win - you can feel it - but he's a pro. He knows where to draw that line in his broadcasts. He calls the games as they should be called.

In Port Headland, happiness comes smithereen-shaped.

In Port Headland, happiness comes smithereen-shaped.

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. read more

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.

I don't think any of us would hesitate. I might pack differently.

I don't think any of us would hesitate. I might pack differently.

That means no new national production of highly enriched uranium from which a bomb could be made, and that's the read more

That means no new national production of highly enriched uranium from which a bomb could be made, and that's the issue over Iran.

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have read more

The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if their school didn't have an academic decathlon coach. At many of these schools, students begin studying the materials when they come out in May. They've been pushing decathlon at these schools for years.

The gap in health between white and black Americans has been estimated to cause 84,000 excess deaths in a year read more

The gap in health between white and black Americans has been estimated to cause 84,000 excess deaths in a year ... a virtual Katrina every week,

I was glad she was done hitting me, but I didn't want her to hit anyone else.

I was glad she was done hitting me, but I didn't want her to hit anyone else.