When he leapt 7 feet and 6 inches into the air, breaking the NFHS high jump record as a senior at Yukon High School, Vernon Turner first began to think the Olympics could be in his future. He had ...

Arriving at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, for the U.S. Olympic team track and field trials a few weeks ago, Vernon Turner knew he had to beat the score of one other high jumper to qualify ...

HOUSTON – Next weekend, the Athletes In Acting Awards will be handed out here in Houston, and a former NFL player will be honored after starring in an NFL film last year -- his inspiring true-life ...

Derek Jeter is launching his first movie project about former NFL player Vernon Turner through Jeter’s The Players’ Tribune company. TPT has optioned the rights to Turner’s life story. In May, the TPT ...

With his return to collegiate track and field disrupted by pandemic, Oklahoma high jumper Vernon Turner had already shifted his focus to the U.S. Olympic Trials. Then the Coronavirus shut down the ...

Vernon Turner’s life story reads like the plot of an underdog movie, so it’s no surprise that the former Curtis HS star’s “improbable journey” to the National Football League is slated for a featured ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. This morning, Fan Interference had the pleasure of talking with former Buccaneers punt returner Vernon Turner who ...

The movie will be based on Turner’s self-published book ‘The Next Level: A Game I Had To Play’, Deadline reports. In it, Turner outlines his tumultuous life circumstances being raised by a ...

Staten Island Sports Hall of Famer Vernon Turner, who wrote a compelling autobiography called "The Next Level: A Game I Had To Play," became the first Tampa Bay Buccaneer to return a kick for a ...