Reflections on #Paris2024 Part 2️⃣
Today, one year since the magic of the Paris Games, I’m thinking about legacy—specifically how hosting the Olympics and Paralympics has translated for the sports world in France. The sporting journeys of elite French athletes at Paris 2024 built a different “brand” – a new(er) one of a France that wins.
Reflections on #Paris2024 Part 1️⃣
One year ago (July 26) the Paris Games Opening Ceremony unfurled along the River Seine under a torrent of rain, swollen with symbolism and sports diplomacy that only such a “show” can convey.
It’s A Wrap: Paris Summer 2024
It’s been a tough week without that je ne sais quoi magic that the Paris 2024 Games conferred. here are a few things I’ll integrate into my global communications, sports diplomacy, and teaching work this fall.
The Enduring Emissary of American Democracy
Bill Russell is back. The legend never left (although some are just now realizing that), but as the Black Lives Matter movement forces a national reckoning with international reverberations, many the world over are (re)discovering Bill Russell.
Sports Diplomacy Part 2
What happens when you bring global perspectives to two angles of the sports and diplomacy nexus?
What I'm Watching 2018
Hello, and happy new year! May yours be merry and bright. I usually take the first week of the year to take stock of how the “best of” the past year puts greater focus into events of the coming one.Thus, here’s my watch list for the first half of the year. They’re less predictions and more things to take note of…though, if I’m honest, should things work out, I hope you give me some credit for my foresight!