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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…

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:…

This Sunday the 2009 Homeless World Cup will kick off in Milan, Italy. http://www.homelessworldcup.org/.  This is an amazing event bringing together hundreds of athletes from more than 45 countries around…

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…

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…

I admit I was trying to work off of LL’s “Goin’ Back to Cali.” Great song and video. The Washington Wizards, who visited China in 1979 when they were known…

A quick scanning of the bios showed a couple of sports-targeted, at least in part, philanthropists.  Outside of super-entrepreneur Ted Turner at #14, the most sports-centric is Dietmar Hopp. Hopp,…

Australia has had a tremendous record of success in the Olympic Games and other international sporting competitions, despite it being not one of the more populous countries. People often says…

My fellow Hoyas Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo are again in the news for their admirable off-the-court activities. As they both enter retirement full-time, we are likely to see such…