Category Archives: Individuals

The power, prestige and impact of retired athletes

While there was talk of legendary driver Michael Schumacher returning to F1 action this year, he is officially retired, having had one of the most impressive careers of any athlete…

How much for a Flying Tomato?

Our friends at Sport and dev* had this recent item about Shaun White, the world champion snowboarder and skateboarder (showoff :-)). Shaun partnered with one of my favorite organizations, Right…

Winless on the court, winning off of it

The NBA’s New Jersey Nets are facing a multitude of issues, e.g. they are still winless, though they do have a good chance Saturday against the 2-win juggernaut that are…

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…

Randy Moss Comes Full Circle

Last week, Randy Moss, star receiver for the NFL’s New England Patriots returned to Eastern Kanawha County, West Virginia where he got his start on the gridiron. While he was…

Winning off the court

The NBA’s New Jersey Nets are winless so far this season (that Miami loss was especially hard to take. Double team D. Wade will ya!!).  The team’s top player, Devin…

A reason to watch the Cleveland Browns

Seriously, there is a reason. You can find the full article from Yahoo! Sports at http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Josh-Cribbs-walks-with-late-coach-s-son-on-his-s?urn=nfl,202608, with an excerpt below. Josh Cribbs walks with late coach’s son on his senior…

Helping and honoring our trendsetters and role models

We have written before about the many organizations and their efforts to provide assistance and opportunities to children, whether in the U.S. or abroad. These are wonderful programs and it…

From the top to the bottom, bottom to the top

(I swear that is from some rap song back in the day.) In recognition of the 20th anniversary of The Convention on the Rights of the Child, various perspectives were…

Bad move – McGwire as hitting coach

Howard Bryant from ESPN.com offers great commentary on the subject of Mark McGwire’s hiring as hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals at http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=4602077.  My thoughts are below. In terms…