Athletic Activism
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McCain on ESPN
September 18th, 2008A couple nights ago the Republican nominee appeared on ESPN’s SportsCenter. Among the topics of discussion were McCain’s interest - both at the personal and policy level - in the sport of boxing and his recent appearance at a New Hampshire NASCAR race. Perhaps the most striking comment came when discussing his runningmate. On Gov. [...]
There’s Only One November
September 17th, 2008Certainly most anyone can recall the Major League Baseball commercials starring actor/comedian Dane Cook last year, repetitively announcing that there is indeed “Only One October.” The point was clear enough: once a year the pressure is on, the best teams in the league compete, and one champion is crowned. As we are currently witnessing the [...]
Athletics to Entrepreneurship
September 17th, 2008This article from Portfolio details the skating prowess and subsequent business activities of Tony Hawk. It is a great example of the type of value that athletic life lessons can hold in other arenas. Hawk credits the determination and instincts developed in his skating career as fundamental advantages in his rise in the world of [...]
NASCAR Politics
September 17th, 2008This past weekend the Republican nominee John McCain spent some time in New Hampshire at the NASCAR track in Loudon. You may recall that earlier in the NASCAR and election seasons the Democratic nominee Senator Obama actually caused quite a stir with his campaign’s sponsorship of a car at a Pocono race. With the size [...]
Another Sunday Down
September 17th, 2008While the political candidates duke it out on the Sunday talk show circuit, their athletic proxies are often found to be going after it on the football field. Senator Obama, for example, is a Bears fan and we assume that Senator McCain is himself a fan of the Cardinals. Well if this past [...]
Palin v. Obama (On the Hardcourt)
September 16th, 2008In a recent interview with Charlie Gibson of ABC News, the Republican Vice Presidential nominee made it clear that she was prepared to take on the Democratic Presidential nominee - in a game of horse. While she couldn’t remember her exact stat lines from her playing days, the interview did feature several scenes in her [...]
From the Big Show to AAA?
September 11th, 2008In a recent interview with David Letterman Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama mentioned his newest campaign ally: former President Bill Clinton. When prompted by Letterman on whether President Clinton would be a likely Cabinet member in an Obama administration the Senator responded with the following:
”I think it’s sort of been there, done that. It’s sort [...]
The Game is On
September 7th, 2008With under 60 days until election day the game is certainly afoot in the Presidential election, as well as significant Senate, House, and state and local contests across the country. At the top of the ticket we have seen the adoption of a Moose-hunting, basketball-shooting Vice Presidential nominee spicing up the athletic profile for the [...]