by Minter Dial | Apr 15, 2009 | Podcast, Sports
Women are sports fans… too! That’s the notion behind Fantoo, featuring a blog and downloadable podcast (mp3 via iTunes here). A far cry from the Italian women “sports journalists” that are sported on television programs (“il...
by Minter Dial | Mar 22, 2009 | Sports
Saturday, March 21st 2009 was a great day for Six Nations rugby. Each game seemed to have something riding on it. There was some great rugger. The end of a 61-year journey. Some pride recuperated (France). Two away wins. Some things better left unsaid (Italy). Aside...
by Minter Dial | Feb 12, 2009 | Branding, Sports
Don’t you find that too many professional sports smack of too much money & poor values? Below is an email that has been circulating since the end of last year. It is a great story, with a “mostly true” rating from Snopes. The event occurred...
by Minter Dial | Feb 1, 2009 | Sports
Winners & Scores Scorching heat accompanied the two weeks of the 2009 Australian Tennis Open in Melbourne and took its toll on a number of the players (notably Djokovic #3). The cast of winners had a very familiar ring to it — the seeders clearly did a good...
by Minter Dial | Jan 21, 2009 | Politics, Sports, WWII
On January 20th, 2009, while flying back from Las Vegas after having watched the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, I watched the film “Salute,” a documentary of the Australian, Peter Norman (1942-2006). Norma was the “other” man on the...
by Minter Dial | Jan 15, 2009 | Leadership, Sports
Cricket as Life – A philosophy to follow Considering the space that sports has taken in my life, I can hardly help thinking that sports are, at the same time, a part of my life as well as a microcosm of life itself. I have written on several occasions in the...