Last week 32 American men and women were selected as Rhodes Scholars (full bios can be see at 2009_RS Winners_Bios_for_Website).  It is an amazing honor that both acknowledges the great…

(71 years married may be more impressive than anything else Gretel Bergmann/Margaret Lambert has done!) It is nice to see that this pioneering athlete will be duly recognized. Hopefully Gretel…

In the past couple of weeks multiple news outlets covered the story about an all HIV-positive woman’s soccer team in Zimbabwe.  They are using the sport as a unifying force…

A lot of rules in sports, whether at the grassroots or professional level, are made and certainly interpreted by those not currently playing the sport, and sometimes by those who…

You don’t have to be a huge hockey fan to appreciate the accomplishments of the players, executives, writers and staff who have given so much to the game over the…

Thanks to Steffi Decker from Duke Univ. who passed along this article. You will be seeing Steffi’s contributions more often in the next few weeks. FSU standout football player, Myron…

This is a tremendous story that highlights the desire to be part of a team, just to fit in, and to experience the joy of sports. This young man, Brenden…

Say the name a few times, it rolls right off the tongue.  🙂 What a great race on Sunday. Thousands of individuals from around the world converged on the streets…

The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors senior student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. (From…

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently published an interview with Bjorn Heidenstrom, a former professional football/soccer player from Norway who is currently biking throughout…