Category Archives: Grassroots

Busy, in a good way, summer for Peres Center for Peace

The Peres Center for Peace “is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization founded in 1996 by President of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mr. Shimon Peres, with the aim of…

APAID – TKL UGANDA

Thanks to Beyond Sport for featuring this project. Please visit Beyond Sport at www.beyondsportworld.org and sign up for their newsletter. They are doing great work highlighting and supporting projects from…

NBA Hall of Fame weekend – Includes some guy named Jordan

Sept. 10 – 12. I personally was more excited by fellow Hoya and Knick legend Patrick Ewing’s induction but I have love for John Stockton, David Robinson, Jerry Sloan, and…

A 21-year winning streak – Kay Yow

Jim Valvano is the college basketball figure most associated with the fight against cancer. However, his peer at NC State, women’s coach Kay Yow, is not one to be overlooked…by…

Voting you'll be able to believe in

I don’t think we are going to need any international observers for this “election.” Nike, a real leader in the area of sports and development, is asking for individuals to…

You likely won't be able to beat these guys

First off, who knew there was a Time Out Singapore!  🙂 This is a great story.  Christopher Minko from Australia has not only given a disadvantaged group an opportunity to…

Stories from the International Platform on Sport & Development

The “Platform” is a terrific resource that we subscribe to and suggest you do the same. We highlight some of the recent stories from sportanddev.org.  http://www.sportanddev.org/newsnviews/news/?819%2FNot-the-Usual-Suspects-Swimming-Softball-Skateboarding-Table-Tennis Not the Usual Suspects:…

A Chance to Play, A Right to Dream

It may be hard to imagine what I, a 39-year old who grew up on Long Island and lives in NYC has in common with a 9-year old who lives…

Slumdog? Yep. This time on the soccer field.

While no player has risen to land a huge European contract, that’s okay, because that’s not the purpose behind Oscar. Rather, it is to give young children incentive to go…

48 Hours of Baseball, St. Louis style

I was contacted by Steve Pona from St. Louis who wanted to let me know about a very special event.  Taking place Oct. 9-11, this marathon baseball game and weekend…