Superman and friends in South Africa

The Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard – we think you know who he is 🙂 – was part of a group of players who were in South Africa this past summer…

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…

‘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…

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…

The Athlete Perspective – Good Now, Even Better for the Future

A lot of rules in sports, whether at the grassroots or professional level, are made and certainly interpreted by those not currently playing the sport, and sometimes by those who…

New venture question…Is it worth it?

I have worked with numerous sports industry entrepreneurs and growing companies in my career. I have also taught a class on entrepreneurship in the sports management program at NYU for…