Athletes, for the most part, are in great shape. Makes sense. You play sports all the time, work out, hopefully pay attention to what you eat. Despite all that, issues…

There have been some great players from Africa who have graced the hardwood of the NBA and many college arenas. Two that come to mind, of course, are Hakeem  Olajuwon…

Happy first day of March! Now that we have made it through February, are starting to dig out of the snow that covered most of the East coast for the…

I have always found it a bit annoying when anyone, especially those in the business world, would tout the China or India markets as so monolithic and homogeneous that the…

We continue our run of international stories, this time going to Saudi Arabia to highlight two efforts that are leveraging sport to garner attention and disseminate positive messages. First, several…

Last week, Her Majesty, Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan joined the GSMA to announce the 1GOAL: Education for All mobile campaign. The GSMA is an association of the world’s…

Over the next few months, a global development initiative will have a  decidedly sports-oriented push. In 2000, governments around the world pledged to achieve “Education for All” by 2015. While…

The Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay has recently been awarded gold certification for its creative “greening” of its 13.1 mile event held back in November.  The certification was…

We offer another story in the soccer/football and renewable energy category. And here we go grassroots, instead of global in focus. While playing soccer typically consumes the energy of participants,…

And it has nothing to do with the Olympics! We came across a story that more captures the work that so many of you already do than anything brand new…