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…

Sports diplomacy – U.S. and Cuba

Forget about placing an NFL or NBA team in Europe. Along with Mexico, Cuba is a better long-term bet. Much has been written about Fidel Castro’s and Cuba’s love of…

The Peace and Sport Awards 2009: Nominees and Members of the Jury unveiled

The 2009 Peace and Sport International Forum will be taking place in 2 weeks in Monaco. Part of the forum is an awards program. Peace and Sport just announced the…

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…

Reminder – All Stars Helping Kids and Jefferson Awards Voting

You can vote at http://allstarshelpingkids.org/teammates/index.html. Voting ends November 15. To learn more about the awards, please visit http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/all-stars-helping-kids-announces-world-class-field-of-star-athletes-nominated-for-jefferson-award-for-public-service-64205357.html.

Call for Papers – Making the Difference

“SportBusiness event Making The Difference – The Sport and Social Responsibility Summit – is seeking submissions of papers showcasing novel ideas, approaches and campaigns in sport and social responsibility ahead…

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…

Post-game activities

No, we are not talking about “hittin’ the club” but rather “What are we going to do with the rest of lives now that ballin’ is over.” The various player…

Veterans' Day – Heroes and the love of sports

It seems that the videos are not launching automatically. If that continues to be the case, please click on the links to visit the sites directly. These are wonderful videos…

Spirit in Motion

We want to congratulate the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for having its online video ‘Spirit in Motion’, which was produced by brandstage.tv for ParalympicSport.TV, awarded a Best in Show award…