Team Handball News : The rss feed of Teamhandballnews.comTeam Handball News is an independent news and opinion outlet in English focusing on the "developing countries" in the olympic sport of team handball.Iceland Celebrates- August 30, 2008 The Iceland Review, an English language publication about Iceland has a couple good articles about Icelands remarkable run during the Olympics. The first article covers Icelands celebration of their returning Silver Medal winners. The second article is a perspective on how whole the country went bananas during the Olympics.Iceland Salutes Handball Heroes: http:www.icelandreview.comicelandreviewdaily_newscat_id=16568&ew_0_a_id=311052Going Bananas, Part 2: ...http://teamhandballnews.com/news.php?item.587.1 Frank Deford on Sports Organizations- August 29, 2008 Sports commentator, Frank Deford, recently pontificated on the four guiding principles of sports organizations. According to him, they are:1: It's much easier to run a team sport than an individual sport. 2: It's much easier to run a domestic sport than an international sport. 3: Any sports organization that has the word "federation" in its title is probably a mess. 4: Any sports organization in which volunteers have a lot of power over the professionals is really, really going to be screwed...http://teamhandballnews.com/news.php?item.586.8 Hypocrisy reigns.- August 27, 2008 I hate to spoil everyone's good mood but after reading John's latest I decided to post this article a lot sooner.If you read between the lines, all recent activity points to the fact that we are nowhere closer to achieving national recognition, despite an unprecedented boost in media coverage. I actually challenge you to dig in and find the last time you had the opportunity to read, hear and watch so much about team handball on US soil.I admire John's perseverence and willingness to go the...http://teamhandballnews.com/news.php?item.585.9 |