The Word of the Day

Creativity! I am a big fan of the Colbert Report and was thrilled to see the show step up and mobilize “The Nation”, of which I am certainly a member…

Beyond Sport Awards 2010 – See you in Chicago

Beyond Sport announced that it will be having its second Summit and Awards ceremony in the U.S. in 2010, following its successful launch in London in 2009. Please see the…

Guest Post: What the World Cup means (and could mean) for business

Sab was kind enough to ask me, John Kim, from www.WorldCupCSR.wordpress.com, to contribute a guest post to this blog.  Of course I jumped at the chance and was absolutely flattered;…

Nymeyer named NCAA woman of year

The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors senior student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. (From…

Player and volunteer champions

This is a great achievement by the tournament organizers and especially its volunteers. The PGA players deserve a lot of credit but lets not forget the thousands of volunteers who…

Building a giant uniform…and widespread awareness

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently published an interview with Bjorn Heidenstrom, a former professional football/soccer player from Norway who is currently biking throughout…

Reminder: ESPN 30 for 30 – Without Bias

http://30for30.espn.com/film/without-bias.html “More than two decades after his tragic cocaine overdose, the late Len Bias still leaves more questions than answers. When Bias dropped dead two days after the 1986 NBA…

Taking care so that we our fields and environment are there for future events

We mentioned the GW Green Scorecard yesterday and feel this is a nice add-on piece as it mentions another firm trying to measure and evaluate sports’ green impact, with a…

Fast is as fast does

From Chris Chase at Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Usain-Bolt-adopts-a-cheetah-names-him-Lightnin?urn=oly,199623 Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:20 pm EST Usain Bolt adopts a cheetah, names him ‘Lightning Bolt’ By Chris Chase The world’s fastest man…

Reminder: International Seminar: Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention

November 2-8, 2009 International Seminar: Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention – http://www.icsspe.org/index.php?m=16&n=32&o=145 Rheinsberg/Germany