JJ Meet Joshua Miller…. Find out more about the Angel City Games here. Find out more about The Challenged Athletes Foundation here, and the San Diego Triathlon Challenge here. Listen to more interviews on Babbittville Radio here. Watch more interviews on the Babbittville YouTube channel here. Sponsors Subscribe to…
Dream Big Meet Mauricio Pena…. Find out more about the Angel City Games here. Find out more about The Challenged Athletes Foundation here, and the San Diego Triathlon Challenge here. Listen to more interviews on Babbittville Radio here. Watch more interviews on the Babbittville YouTube channel here. Sponsors Subscribe…
Lots of Options Meet Ella Rodriquez…. Find out more about the Angel City Games here. Find out more about The Challenged Athletes Foundation here, and the San Diego Triathlon Challenge here. Listen to more interviews on Babbittville Radio here. Watch more interviews on the Babbittville YouTube channel here. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter Subscribe…
For three years, from 1998-2000, former Navy SEAL Carlos Moleda and motocross legend David Bailey went head-to-head in Kona in the handcycle division. Moleda had been paralyzed when he was shot in the back during a mission in Panama. Bailey was a legend in the sport of motocross and at the top of his game…
Find out more about the Angel City Games here. Find out more about The Challenged Athletes Foundation here, and the San Diego Triathlon Challenge here. Listen to more interviews on Babbittville Radio here. Watch more interviews on the Babbittville YouTube channel here. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter Subscribe to Babbittville UCAN Toughman…
From our 2016 Kona Countdown… The date was June 21, 2003 and Captain David Rozelle was in his Humvee on a mission in Iraq. Their vehicle drove over an anti-tank land mine and Rozelle, who was sitting directly above where the explosion was centered, was bleeding profusely from his arms, legs and face. Within…
Jorge Mendoza grew up in Los Angeles near Echo Park and his sports were soccer, basketball and track. He also grew up dealing with what was misdiagnosed as a skin issue on one leg that doctors told him would go away by the time he graduated high school. It didn’t. Eventually he was diagnosed with…
Because these go to 11….. Even though I left Competitor in 2014, I will always treasure the brand that I am proud to have created and nurtured with my partner Lois Schwartz. I have kept copies of every issue we produced, from our first issue in June of 1987, through 2012. In my mind, being…
In June of 1987, my business partner Lois Schwartz and I launched Competitor Magazine. We’re celebrating our 30th anniversary this month. I will be featuring a few of my favorite editorials and articles from the magazine. You can also check out 11 of my favorite covers here. Editorial By Bob Babbitt Competitor, January/February 1998 Nervous? Sure,…
As a dad, what would you do if doctors told you that your son Rick was a vegetable and that he should be institutionalized? If you’re Dick Hoyt, you ignore the experts and prove everyone wrong. They started with Dick pushing Ricky at short running events but quickly moved up to the marathon. The Boston…