Posts under ‘Activities’

Are athletes involved in non-sports causes “activists”? And if so, why is that such a bad thing?
A recent NY Times article profiled a letter-writing campaign headed by Ira Newble, an NBA player, aimed at pressuring China to intervene in the desperate situation in Darfur. Many of Newble’s teammates (he was with Cleveland at the time) [...]

This is not sports-related but in this holiday season I came across a cool website that is trying to help feed the world’s hungry: FreeRice.com
It’s pretty simple: Give the correct definition to a word and 20 grains of rice get donated to the United Nations to help end world hunger. FreeRice went online in early [...]

Jim has been trying to get me to visit the Catskills with him and his brother for years. I finally did it this past weekend and was blown away. For those in New York City, I dare say it’s a “must” to wind down after a long, hectic week of work. In the small village [...]