Category Archives: Media

Reminder: ESPN 30 for 30 – The Legend of Jimmy The Greek

http://30for30.espn.com/film/the-legend-of-jimmy-the-greek.html ““The NFL Today” on CBS was one of the preeminent sports programs on television in the early 1980s. It was a perfect combination of reporting, analysis, predictions, humor and…

Rich History – Before there was Tiger

The good folks at the Center for Sport in Society at Northeastern recently co-hosted an event with Comcast’s Golf Channel to educate those young and old about the rich history…

Reminder: ESPN 30 for 30 – Without Bias

http://30for30.espn.com/film/without-bias.html “More than two decades after his tragic cocaine overdose, the late Len Bias still leaves more questions than answers. When Bias dropped dead two days after the 1986 NBA…

Reminder: ESPN 30 for 30 – Muhammad and Larry

http://30for30.espn.com/film/muhammad-and-larry.html “In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the…

The Onion – Redskins Hold Press Conference To Announce They Are Still Sort Of A Football Team

It worked last week – we included a humorous piece on the Raiders and they amazingly upset the Eagles. Who knows? Maybe the same can happen for the Redskins tonight….

Videos of great work in action

New Videos from sportanddev’s Favorites (YouTube) Inside PPI – ME’s Conflict Resolution Retreat Tag Rugby Development Trust – Hurstmere School Tour to Zambia 2009 SwimLanka Periyaneelavanai 09 03 2009 SwimLanka…

SI Pictures of the Week

You can find the full portfolio starting at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0910/leading.off.101909/content.1.html. We highlight 3 below, including one of Ruth Frith, a 100-year old hammer thrower. An you thought Shaq was an elite…

Reminder: ESPN 30 for 30 – Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

http://30for30.espn.com/film/small-potatoes-who-killed-the-usfl.html “In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and…

Coordinated programming – iParticipate

Not sports-specific but certainly leisure-related. I applaud the collective action (no, Fox News, it is not socialism every time things are done for the benefit of many) to bring about…

From The Onion – Raiders rule!

Don’t forget about Onion Sports! It is okay to laugh. 🙂 http://www.theonion.com/content/news/raiders_achieve_first_down Raiders Achieve First Down EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—In an improbable display of competence and a basic execution of football…