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…

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…

We mentioned the GW Green Scorecard yesterday and feel this is a nice add-on piece as it mentions another firm trying to measure and evaluate sports’ green impact, with a…

From Chris Chase at Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Usain-Bolt-adopts-a-cheetah-names-him-Lightnin?urn=oly,199623 Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:20 pm EST Usain Bolt adopts a cheetah, names him ‘Lightning Bolt’ By Chris Chase The world’s fastest man…

November 2-8, 2009 International Seminar: Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention – http://www.icsspe.org/index.php?m=16&n=32&o=145 Rheinsberg/Germany

The following story from the UK is a good example of a multi-stakeholder effort – government, corporations and individuals – that offers multiple benefits – less traffic, better health, cost…

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:…

Channeling Mars Blackmon from the ’80s Nike commercials, we highlight a press release from Elicit Brands, LLC a Tennessee-based company that owns the Swiftwick brand of socks. We liked the…

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…

Any of us who has played a team sport understands the concept of home field advantage and want it for our most important games. Recently, the Palestinian women’s national soccer…