This will be a reoccurring theme. The beauty of sports is the constant stream of good performances, with the occassional great ones. All should make us feel good, even if…

Another benefit of the influx of athletes from other countries playing in U.S.- based professional leagues is the built-in connection they have to their homelands, ones often which have real…

Just received the latest newsletter from the organization Peace and Sport. (www.peace-sport.org). One of the stories, more specifically one name and picture, stood out. It is that of Mikhail Prokhorov,…

From PRNewswire-FirstCall. You can find the full release at http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/09-22-2009/0005098760&EDATE=, with an excerpt below. (Excerpt) Allstate and the American Football Coaches Association Announce Twenty-Two College Football Players Named to the…

I remember the shot James Forrest hit in the NCAA tourney. Spring of 1992, I was in my last months of college bliss at Georgetown and Forrest helped me get…

He has been one of the best players over the past decade in the NBA. A clutch performer and champion on the court, Paul Pierce is showing the same leadership…

There is a lot of discussion taking place in European professional soccer (football) about a “financial fair play” plan that would actually tie spending to revenues. Such an idea about…

There was a story last week about 3 current NFL players who have committed to donating their brain and spinal cord tissue after they die to a study working to…

“A kid from UCLA, one of the O’Bannon brothers, once said, ‘We really owe you,’ ” Lloyd said, “I said, ‘You don’t owe me, but you owe the people coming behind…

This is a great story (You might need some tissues for it). A quick intro first. Many of the problems out there, whether macro in nature, e.g. global warming, and…