Good luck Mr. Hirsch – Doin' 26.2 at age 75

Sounds like a New Yorker’s New Yorker. A great story on many levels: Running the New York Marathon at age 75. Getting support from friends and family. Running to raise…

Global Sport Summit 2009

Today the Economist Conferences and the NFL are holding a “summit” to address some big issues in global sports.  While I wish the conference was a bit more inclusive –…

IOC granted UN observer status

Being engaged with other thought and action leaders is a good step for the IOC. Hopefully they will give it the type of consistent attention and the level of resources…

National School Lunch Week – playing and eating right

For those of us older than 20, memories of school lunch are mixed with fear and joy. Fear – “what exactly is that you are serving me?” versus Joy –…

Reminder – in good company CSR Conference

I will unfortunately not be able to attend but if you get a chance, definitely check it out. in good company CSR Conference, 2009 http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=751401 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:00…

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…

New Balance – makes sense

With more and more discussion about the “triple bottom line” and companies taking into account their profit and social impact goals, i.e. having balance, it should not be a surprise…

Patrick Patterson – Star student-athlete-friend

Jason King from Yahoo! Sports has a very nice story on one of college basketball’s top players, Patrick Patterson, from the Univ. of Kentucky (see, I can do non-Georgetown stories!)….

John Wooden – leadership in action

Mike Penner from the LA Times put together a great piece on legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who celebrated his 99th birthday on Oct. 14. You can find the…

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…