Tag: athletes

What does March Madness have to do with it?

March 20, 2017

Cue to a female basketball player……..”Genders don’t play sports, athletes do.” As I listened to this ad while watching NCAA March Madness, I thought, “exactly.” In fact, I remember reading years ago that female and male athletes have more in common with each other than they do with non-athletes of the same gender. Yet, sport … More What does March Madness have to do with it?

The Olympic Games Reimagined

August 11, 2016

I was invited to write a short guest column on my ideas for a re-imagined Olympic Games for OpenCanada.org,  a publication of the Canadian International Council, the Centre for International Governance Innovation and the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History. You’ll find it here at OpenCanada.org.  I would love to learn what people think of my … More The Olympic Games Reimagined