Archive for 'Sports Moments'
Impact a Life // Coach a Sport
I have many memories of my coaches through the years playing sports. Some good and some bad.
However, as I have now been through the process of organizing a high school basketball league, Baller Basketball, and sought after quality volunteer coaches, as well as coaching a team myself, I am reminded of the [...]
Baller Transformed // AKA White Jesus
Over at Bounce Magazine, Issue #14, The White Issue, caught my attention and looked like an interesting read. The issue examined and paid homage to white basketball players that made an impact on the NYC courts.
**Update: On the cover is Jack “Black Jack” Ryan and inside features a major article of a playground legend Billy [...]
A Football Game of Hope
I just stumbled across another inspirational sports story via a new Twitter follower page…that lead to checking out a website link…that lead to the posted story. Funny how social media connections work themselves out sometimes.
Below is a posted video of a game between Grapevine Faith Christian School and Gainesville State Football (Correctional Facility Team) in [...]
Applauding Sportsmanship
There are still stories in sports that inspire, that rise above who wins or loses, that move your soul because the right thing was done.
Yes, these types of stories are rare and only sprout to the surface of headline news only so often.
But when they do arise, I want to promote those stories. [...]
Cultivating Sports Culture // Social Change and Life Development
If you are just tuning in, I began a series of posts with an Introduction to Cultivating Sports Culture, and then followed up with Defining Reality.
Another element that is relevant in cultivating sports culture is in generating social change.
By social change, I am referring to, tackling the needs of education, leadership, poverty, health [...]
Cultivating Sports Culture // Defining Reality
Continuing on from the Introduction to Cultivating Sports Culture, let’s take a moment to define reality.
During the 2008 Final Four, the N.B.A. and N.C.A.A announced that they would be joining forces in an effort to reform pre-collegiate, youth basketball systems. Both groups are in the process of creating a unified organization that [...]
Cultivating Sports Culture // Intro
Cultivating Sports Culture is the vision for a Sports Organization / Non-profit that I’m establishing, a foundation that was inspired from reading the book Total Truth, and was the title of an essay I wrote for the “Make History Now” contest.
But first let me take you back to the start.
As [...]
If You Could Get One Game Back
Do you ever reminisce about your playing days (t-ball, grade school, high school, college, or beyond) and that game that you really blew it?
Maybe you missed a free throw, dropped a pop fly, fumbled a ball, got beat on defense, or just lost your cool.
If you could get one game back, [...]
Baller-in-Chief
Love or hate, voted for or not, President-elect Barack Obama will be stepping into the White House very soon and his every move will be observed.
One thing that Obama loves to do is ball. The team over at Black Fives has created a new website appropriately called: Baller-in-Chief.
The blog covers everything about [...]
A Test of Integrity in Sports
J.P. Hayes is a professional golfer who was trying to redeem his tour status in the 2009 PGA Qualifier this month.
During the second stage of the qualifier, Hayes discovered that on one hole, he mistakenly used a Titleist prototype golf ball not approved for competition by the United States Golf Association.
What’s the [...]
John Wooden
Peter R. Casey
Ron Harvey
Stuart Weir
Tony Dungy
