World T.E.A.M. Sports

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Claryville, NY, June 15, 2011: The excitement and challenges of adventure team competition return to New York’s Frost Valley YMCA the weekend of June 16-19 with the 2011 Adventure TEAM Challenge at Frost Valley. Powered by American Portfolios Holdings with support from The Center for Discovery and World T.E.A.M. Sports, the event [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Denver, Colorado, June 13, 2011: Disabled and non-disabled athletes from 12 states and Canada will undertake the exceptional physical demands of World T.E.A.M. Sports’ 2011 Adventure TEAM Challenge this June 25-27 in central Colorado’s high mountains near Eagle. Along the rugged Colorado River valley east of State Bridge, 13 participating teams of [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Arlington, VA, June 9, 2011: “Competition is medicine,” says Marc Esposito, a World T.E.A.M. Sports veteran athlete who competed in the Capital of Texas Triathlon May 30. “It’s sparked new motivation to go farther and be stronger; in other words, be better.” Severely injured during an IED attack on an isolated Afghanistan [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Denver, Colorado, May 25, 2011: Celebrating the tenth anniversary of his historic ascent of Mount Everest, World T.E.A.M. Sports director Erik Weihenmayer sought new outdoor adventures that would challenge him both physically and mentally. Learning of the new ABC Television series “Expedition Impossible” from “Survivor” and “Eco-Challenge” producer Mark Burnett, Weihenmayer applied [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Washington D.C., May 20, 2011: Disabled and non-disabled athletes from across North America will participate in one of Colorado’s most challenging multisport outdoor events, the 2011 Adventure TEAM Challenge this June 25-27. The fifth annual Challenge from non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports, the Adventure TEAM Challenge includes 13 teams of five persons each, [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Austin, TX, May 11, 2011 – In recognition of the Capital of Texas Triathlon’s strong support of disabled athletes and the Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project, two World T.E.A.M. Sports-sponsored athletes will compete in the 21st running of the popular central Texas event this May 30. World T.E.A.M. Sports will be represented [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Washington, D.C., May 6, 2011 – During World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Face of America ride from Washington to Gettysburg April 16-17, West Virginia veteran Bill Czyzewski faced the longest and most challenging hand cycle ride of his life. Reaching Seamus Garrahy’s quiet farm at the historic battlefields of America’s Civil War, Czyzewski recognized [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Washington, D.C., May 5, 2011 – For three days in April, two wounded warriors rode with their former Commander-in-Chief in the high desert of southwestern Texas. Through the Veterans Initiative of the George W. Bush Foundation’s Warrior 100K Ride, Scott Bilyeu of San Antonio and Joshua Davis of Vail, Arizona rode 100 [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Washington, D.C., April 29, 2011 – World T.E.A.M. Sports‘ 2010 Sea to Shining Sea cross-country bike ride is the subject of the new documentary, “Two Shining Seas,” directed by veteran director and cinematographer Austin Smithard. The trailer for the film premiered at the banquet for the annual World T.E.A.M. Sports‘ Face of [...]

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