Category Archives: Teams, Leagues

NHL Hall of Fame induction

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…

Los Angeles Ducks of Anaheim

Just joking. I hope they never go in that direction and change their name. Nice story from the LA Times about the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks fundraising effort to benefit troops…

Player and volunteer champions

This is a great achievement by the tournament organizers and especially its volunteers. The PGA players deserve a lot of credit but lets not forget the thousands of volunteers who…

GW's Green Sports Scorecard

Congratulations to the team at George Washington University on the 1-yr anniversary of its Green Sports Scorecard. According to Dr. Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Associate Professor & Director, Sports management Programs:…

The Iceman takes on infectious disease

The NBA and the WNBA are collaborating with the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) and sanofi pasteur on Vaccines for Teens, a national program designed to help educate parents and…

1 month reminder – Peace and Sport Int'l Forum

Hopefully we will have some reps from the U.S. there. November 25 – 27, 2009 The Peace and Sport International Forum  2009 http://www.peace-sport.org/homegb.htm For more information about the 2009 Forum,…

Diversity across the board

Diversity on the field, or on the track, is but one step in the development of any sport. Not every sport, of course, will have the same racial, gender or…

Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) Action Week(s) – Oct. 15-27

The FARE Action Week unites supporters, clubs and those targeted by racism across the continent in a concerted effort to make discrimination a thing of the past. The Action Week…

Enforcing the (new) rule – traveling in the NBA

Traveling in the NBA has been an unchecked epidemic. Laughable actually. The League is now clarifying, at least on paper, its rule about the infraction. Let’s hope there’s actual enforcement….

Nothing strange about hoops outdoors

Okay, maybe it is a bit strange when the players are multimillionaires playing on a beautiful court with thousands of people watching but still… Last week the Phoenix Suns held…