PODCAST: Ryan Braun, Alberto Contador and the State of Drug Testing in Sports
I joined fellow writers Ethan Calof and Jacob Rude for the first edition of a weekly podcast that you will be able to find every week here at Global Turnstile if you miss the live airing at Spreecast. This week we discussed Ryan Braun’s successful appeal of his positive test for synthetic testosterone; Alberto Contador’s retroactive two-year suspension that resulted... Read More
NTSF: How Minneapolis and Portland LEED the Green Revolution
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the Green Sports Alliance Summit. One case study in particular continues to resonate in my mind, a complete revamping of an existing facility right across the Willamette River from where the Summit took place in Portland. It is a landmark example of how sports can help steer the development of policies which reach far beyond just... Read More
Stats and Sensibility: Case Study from the GSA Summit
Sports fans love statistics. Whatever the sport, there are always numbers attached to the games we love. Ardent supporters memorize batting averages and ERA and even advanced sabermetrics, treating the numbers as talismans that can just as easily prove a person’s greatness as create false impressions. But how many memorize and follow their team’s waste diversion rates, or energy... Read More
NTSF: Initial Thoughts on the Green Sports Alliance Summit
I returned from Portland last night after three days spent at the inaugural Green Sports Alliance Summit, and the confluence of so many influential people and teams and businesses and the steps they’ve taken toward sustainable sport have my head swimming with a wealth of inspiring things to write about. I need to sort out everything and get my initial thoughts down before... Read More
NTSF: Choosing Your Own Team
Before there was Global Turnstile, there was A Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America. The column, formerly a staple of weekly coverage of international sports, is being revived at the new website as a depository for thoughts on various issues confronting sports fans. Be sure to tune in every Thursday as we take a look at sports in America from a different perspective… Welcome... Read More
