The Games Daily
Welcome to the Games Daily News archive! Here you can find daily news pages from past National Senior Games that capture the spirit of competition and cameraderie the event is known for.
Enjoy the memories with links for each day’s edition. You can also use the search box to enter keywords to find athletes by name or year for events or athlete names mentioned in the Games Daily.

Thanks to a grant from Queen Latifa’s Queen Collective, two swimmers are participating in a documentary film profiling their passion of swimming as girls who didn’t let barriers to swimming stop them from seeking their sports dreams.  Team Dream is a Chicago-based organization that provides training to women of color in swimming, cycling and triathlon.

By Nick Gandy, Florida Senior Games John Shultz has established himself as the most consistent gold medalist in Florida Senior Games Table Tennis history. He has won a medal in 29 of the 30 years of the Florida Senior Games. He began winning medals in 1993, the second year of the Games, in the 55-59

2022 marks the year that recumbent bikes are being introduced for medal contention in the National Senior Games Cycling Time Trials being held at Florida Live in Sunrise, Florida. There are divisions for two- and three-wheel recumbents, and competitors we spoke with felt as happy to have the opportunity to ride them as much as

View Olympic and Paralympic art from The Art Of The Olympians collection, paired with a brain stimulating interactive learning practice led by University of Miami Art and Medicine program today, May 19, at 1 pm in room 222 of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center. Prime your creativity for an enriching story sharing

Martha Padmore’s potential as an archer was spotted while she was rifle shooting in 2006 in her home country of Barbados. Once she picked up a bow, she never looked back.  Martha shoots recurve archery, which is the most physically demanding discipline in the sport. Recurve bows do not have the mechanical assistance found in

Regina Bouie considers herself “late to the game” of pursuing balanced physical fitness, but the teacher turned personal trainer isn’t slowing down in what she calls the fourth quarter of life.  Regina’s husband of 42 years introduced her to racquetball when she was in her late 20s, and this was her only source of physical

Please note that The Village expo area will be open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. with the final day on Saturday, May 21. Get your official merchandise, take the free Senior Athlete Fitness Exam (SAFE) and check out all the exhibitor offerings before they are gone until 2023!

By Matthew Adams “It’s what inside that counts” is more than just an expression for first time National Senior Games competitor James Krenis – it literally saved his life.  At first glance, you’d think this attorney and certified NFL Contract Advisor  in Jackson, Tennessee was a healthy guy and  in excellent shape. In fact, until

By Nick Gandy, Florida Senior Games Charles James is the first to admit he may have a “home field advantage” in the 2022 National Senior Games, presented by Humana, Golf competition. The Country Club of Coral Springs, where the Men’s 80-84 age group is playing, is a 30-minute drive from his Pembroke Pines home. He

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a notable panel gathered at the 2022 National Senior Games presented by Humana to share personal stories of the often harsh realities for women in sports before and since Title IX was enacted..  Prior to this, women’s teams either simply did not exist or dealt with