“Ask me how many pull-ups I can do,” I said to Austin Baron, a 19-year old competitor on the current season of American Ninja Warrior. “How many?” he asked. “Zero.” This was going to be a problem. I ...

Jimmy Choi, 48, has run 16 marathons, won three Guinness world records (most recently for double-high-five pushups), and competed on American Ninja Warrior for the past seven years.Pretty good for a ...

Greg Justice, a 64-year-old Prairie Village resident, recently competed on this season of NBC's obstacle course reality show "American Ninja Warrior." Greg Justice, a Prairie Village resident, ...

On a hot summer morning, Kevin Kabakjian climbed the wall of his basement, shimmied onto an overhead foam tube, climbed onto a cargo net and then grabbed a hanging croquet ball and mallet before ...

With calculated leaps, displays of strength, and races up a 14.5-foot curved wall, both a Wilmette doctor and a Libertyville High School student have advanced to the semi-finals of the NBC-TV American ...