Q: As a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech about football to students and parents, aiming at getting new team members :I talked about how"everyone can benefit from football. This year, a worried-looking couple approached me. Their son, who had a sickly childhood, really wanted to play football. They'd tried to talk him out of it, but he had his heart set on joining the team.

When they told me his name , my heart sank. Michael was short and thin. He was a lonely kid and the constant target of other kids' jokes. I knew Michael would never make it. But so close to my "football is for everyone" speech, I told them we could give it a try.

On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field. We started a one-mile jog around the track. Repeatedly he fell, each time picking himself up. The same thing happened for weeks. But Michael put his whole heart into the training. Cradually, Michael gained strength both socially and physically. He began to laugh and most of the teammates became friendly. By the last week of practice Michael could run the mile without falling. He asked me to add a few more exercises he could work on his own. Soon , Michael ran the opening mile faster than anyone.

One day after practice, the team captain, Steve, came up to me. He was talented but lazy.He was popular with students even though he could be heartless. Steve pointed to the field where Michael was jogging all alone and asked me why he was still out there. I told Steve to ask him. The next night, I was surprised to see Steve exercising right next to Michael.

Finally our big game came-at first we were losing by twelve points. I could see that some kids had already lost heart. But Michael was playing as hard as he could , begging the team to keep trying. Finally we won the game by one point in the final ten seconds.

At our celebration dinner, we always gave a big award to the most productive player. Steve had scored the most points that season, and everyone cheered as he received his award. " There's someone who deserves it more than I do," Steve said, " Everything I accomplished, and everything the team accomplished this season, is thanks to one person-Michael. " The entire team cheered as Steve turned the prize over to the player who had inspired them all.

1. football
2. Michael
3. No
4. Steve
5. No
6. Yes
7. Michael
8. Yes
9. By one point
10. Steve
11. Michael
12. He inspired them all
13. unknown
14. high school athletics coach

Numbered questions:
1. Who was the story about?
2. Who was the skinny kid?
3. Was he the team captain?
4. Who was?
5. Did he have a big heart?
6. Was he lazy?
7. Who ran the fastest mile on the team?
8. Did they win their game?
9. By how many points?
10. Who won the big award at years end?
11. Who did he give the trophy to?
12. Why was that?
13. What was the coaches name?
14. Who gave up during the big game?

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Growing up, Danica Patrick dreamed of racing in the Indianapolis 500. In 2005, her dream came true. Danica finished the race in fourth place, the best ever result by a woman. Three years later, she became the first female to win an IndyCar race. As a woman competing in a sport dominated by men, Danica faced many obstacles. But she never stopped believing in herself, no matter what the difficulties.

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Some people dream of becoming stars. Ellen Ochoa dreamed of living among them! She worked hard to make her dream of becoming an astronaut come true. On April 8, 1993, she strapped herself in for the ride of her life aboard the space shuttle Discovery. Ochoa aimed high and ly went where no Hispanic woman had gone before. Find out about Ochoa's amazing journey in her own words and photos from her personal collection!

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Fans, teammates, and opponents know him as King James. Many people consider LeBron James to be the most talented basketball Player of his generation. But there is much more to his story. He overcame hard times as a kid and rose to national fame as a teenager. He then jumped right from high school to the pros. Along the way, LeBron never lost sight of where he came from or who he is.

1. $ 8.95
2. Yes
3. Grades: 3-5
4. Yes
5. President
6. Kansas
7. Kenya
8. Hawaii
9. Made a speech
10. Racer
11. 1993
12. a space shuttle
13. Discovery
14. No, she wasn't black
15. Hispanic
16. Won a race
17. IndyCar
18. Yes
19. King James
20. Basketball

Numbered questions:
1. How much do the books cost?
2. Are they all for the same age range?
3. What grades are they meant for?
4. Are they biographies?
5. What did Obama become?
6. Where is his mother from?
7. His father?
8. Where did he spend his childhood
9. What did he do in Boston?
10. What was the profession of Ellen Ochoa
11. When was Ellen's first flight?
12. On what?
13. Which one?
14. Was she the first Black woman to do this?
15. What was she?
16. What did Danica Patrick do?
17. Which one?
18. Was this a first for women?
19. What is LeBron's nickname?
20. What sport does he play?

Q: (CNN) -- Early this year, Michael Sam made news by announcing he is gay. On Saturday, he made history as the first openly gay player to be drafted by a National Football League team. Seconds later, he made waves kissing his boyfriend in celebration as cameras looked on.

Now, Sam has one goal in mind -- to make the St. Louis Rams' roster.

"I'm determined to be great," he told reporters Tuesday in St. Louis. "So I'm going to train hard and try to make the team."

As a selection in the seventh and last round in the NFL draft, Sam playing for the Rams or any other NFL team this upcoming season is hardly a lock.

And with standouts like Chris Long and Kendall Langford, the fact that St. Louis boasts one of the league's best defensive lines -- the place where Sam starred at the University of Missouri -- makes his task even harder.

That challenge isn't lost on Sam, who some experts thought might not fit in the NFL not because of his sexual orientation but because they characterized him as a "tweener" -- too small to play on the defensive line, too slow to be a linebacker.

Still, he sees the chance to learn from his Rams coaches and teammates things that can help improve his game. And he seemed careful Tuesday not to get too far ahead of himself, expressing thanks for being given "the opportunity to play" but professing no certainty that he will be on the sidelines come opening day.

1. Michael Sam
2. Early this year
3. yes
4. yes
5. the first openly gay player to be drafted
6. make the Rams' roster
7. yes
8. reporters
9. Tuesday
10. train hard
11. one of the best
12. Chris Long and Kendall Langford
13. no
14. tweener
15. not as a linebacker
16. no
17. no
18. Rams coaches and teammates
19. yes
20. yes

Numbered questions:
1. Who announced that he is gay?
2. When he did that?
3. Was he drafted by a NFL team?
4. Did he make a history of some sorts?
5. What?
6. What is his goal now?
7. Does he want to be great?
8. Whom did he tell that?
9. When?
10. What he is going to do to achieve that?
11. How is Ram's defensive lines?
12. Who are their standout players?
13. Will all these will be easy for Sam?
14. What some characterized him as?
15. Is he fast enough?
16. Is he a big guy?
17. Do the experts think his sexual orientation matters?
18. From whom he can still learn?
19. Is he careful about his acts?
20. Did he thank everyone?