Category Archives: Grassroots

Development of Basketball in India

I am going to go out on a limb and predict by the 2032 Olympics, India will makes its debut on the highest platform of the international basketball stage, the…

‘Building a better community through sport’ – the Mabvuku/Tafara, Zimbabwe Sports Festival

Congratulations to Casper Madani! This past weekend, at the Mabvuku/Tarfara (a dense suburban community outside the Zimbabwean capital of Harare) sports festival, she was honored “for making a breakthrough in…

Art of football has the world as its gallery

This is a very interesting story from Matthwe Syed in The Times of London. While in Tanzania last week doing work for the paper’s yearly charity appeal, he stumbled upon…

Sports diplomacy – U.S. and Cuba

Forget about placing an NFL or NBA team in Europe. Along with Mexico, Cuba is a better long-term bet. Much has been written about Fidel Castro’s and Cuba’s love of…

The Peace and Sport Awards 2009: Nominees and Members of the Jury unveiled

The 2009 Peace and Sport International Forum will be taking place in 2 weeks in Monaco. Part of the forum is an awards program. Peace and Sport just announced the…

Call for Papers – Making the Difference

“SportBusiness event Making The Difference – The Sport and Social Responsibility Summit – is seeking submissions of papers showcasing novel ideas, approaches and campaigns in sport and social responsibility ahead…

Race4Change – Be a rally car driver…from the comfort of your own home

Travis Pastrana, one of the great action sports athletes in the world, recently added his name to those supporting Race4Change, an effort that hopes to raise awareness and funds for…

Bringing history to life

While it may not be Field of Dreams, it gets very close. Several very industrious individuals took on the very difficult task of building a statistical archive of Negro League…

900 degrees of Tony Hawk

Josh Brooks from ESPN’s Action Sports site had a nice piece on a fundraiser held by Tony Hawk, proceeds from which will go towards the construction of a skatepark in…

Rich History – Before there was Tiger

The good folks at the Center for Sport in Society at Northeastern recently co-hosted an event with Comcast’s Golf Channel to educate those young and old about the rich history…