NCAA to Relocate Championships From North Carolina for 2016-17
Based on the NCAA’s commitment to fairness and inclusion, the Association will relocate all seven previously awarded championship events from North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year. The NCAA...
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Paris 2024 Officials, Mayor Say La Parisienne Race Shows City’s Commitment to...
“Through this race, the citizens of the city also celebrate gender equality, diversity, sharing, openness and friendliness – values that are inherent to our society and to our Paris 2024 bid,” said...
View ArticleRio 2016 Olympic Games Spectators Reveal Concerns
At the request of Dr. Klaus Schormann, President of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon (UIPM), Dr. Norbert Mueller, head professor at University of Kaiserslautern (GER), and his team of students...
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Belgian Paralympian Speaks Out About Plans to End Own Life Through Euthanasia
Belgian wheelchair racer Marieke Vervoort, the silver medalist in the women’s 400 meters T52 event here at the Rio 2016 Paralmypic Games, has spoken out today about plans to end her own life through...
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Supporting the Cause Goes a Long Way!
The CEO for the San Francisco 49ers has decided to support the cause that Colin Kaepernick has brought to light. Additionally, he’s pledged his financial support. “Today, I am committing that the 49ers...
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Let’s Make the Refugee Olympic Team More Than a Symbol
The Refugee Olympic Team was a wonderful initiative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and I congratulate them on enabling 10 athletes who are refugees to take part in the Rio 2016 Olympics....
View ArticleBlacklister = Collusion!
I happened to read the story where Mike Freeman a reporter for Bleacher Report interviewed seven anonymous NFL executives regarding the recent and continued actions of Colin Kaepernick. The reporter...
View ArticleSuit of Lies in a Suit of Lights
Several students recently explained to me that lying has become a part of the fabric of American culture. They further explained that it is necessary, that there are often only harmless or even benign...
View ArticleAthletes and Activism
Should professional and/or amateur athletes be allowed to freely express their views and opinions regarding social and political issues? Absolutely. Should professional and/or amateur athletes be...
View ArticleOlympic Leaders Express Commitment to Gender Equality
“Gender equality is not a ‘women’s issue.’ It is a basic human right of profound importance and fundamental principle of the Olympic Charter,” said Thomas Bach as the IOC President and Joël Bouzou,...
View ArticleLeadership in Sport
Leadership is one of the basic principles of life and can be defined in a variety of ways. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a great need for today’s youth to learn leadership skills. I believe...
View ArticleHigh Performance Mental Training Growing In Sports
When people think of sports training, the first thought someone might have is a player running drills to work on speed, or hitting the weights to work on power and strength. In football, those training...
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Leadership in Sports Toward a Championship
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have...
View ArticleCam Newton: The Role Model
Dear Cam Newton, When the clock stopped running at the end of the fourth quarter in Levi’s Stadium, we could all see the emotion from you and your team. Of course, none of us knows how it feels to go...
View ArticleLeadership in Sports Toward a Championship: Part 1
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” -Vince Lombardi Urban...
View ArticleNative American mascots: Adidas announced it will provide free design help
As the use of Native American mascots in sports continues to be controversial, Adidas announced it will provide free design help to any U.S. high school that wants to get rid of a Native American...
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Well-being of Jameis Winston, Accuser Take Back Seat to Florida State’s...
They came jogging up in jorts and body paint, giddy and opportunistic, ready to turn a legal decision into a football tailgate. Six shirtless guys arrived outside the Leon County Courthouse Thursday...
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Nelson Mandela Used Sports To Heal a Racially Divided South Africa
The history books seldom, if at all, mention Nelson Mandela with sports. However, Charles P. Korr, a history professor emeritus at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and the co-author of “More Than...
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World Cup Won’t Be Hosted While Qatar Improves Worker Relations
Stating that Qatar 2022 will be “an amazing World Cup,” FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter emphasized that “out of respect for the Olympic Games,” the 2022 World Cup will not be hosted in January or...
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Putin One Clever Guy on Gay Rights
It has been just over four months since Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a measure that purports to ban “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” to those under 18. In the West,...
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