Home(less) Team
A soccer league made up of homeless people is working unexpected magic
Sports
Teaching South African Girls to Report on the World Cup
New group to train poor teens in video and blogging techniques during the June games
Riding (Uphill) to Prosperity
Bike tourism has helped lift the old mining town of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, from its long depression. Too bad not everybody’s happy about that
Will Exercise Video Games Get Kids Off the Couch?
New Nintendo Wii sports and fitness games fuel a fervid debate
Motorcycle Mama
My life as a badass biker chick, or taking the parking lot in the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Beginner Rider Course
Racing Without Brakes (or Gears, or Lycra)
The cheapo, pared-down, under-the-radar world of the Alleycat, the international bike messenger races
Anything to Score
Ghanaians were ecstatic when their soccer team nearly made the World Cup quarterfinals last year. The downside: thousands of teens fantasizing about sports careers have been spirited away to Europe, and often abandoned there.
We'll Always Have Soccer
Even as dictators ruled and the economy crumbled, Argentines loved their country through their teams