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Wounded Warriors Sought for World T.E.A.M. Sports’ 2012 Sea to Shining Sea Ride

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Holbrook, New York, February 22, 2012: Crossing North America by bicycle is an athletic feat remembered for a lifetime by those who accomplish the task. For disabled veterans who cross the continent with hand cycles and recumbent bicycles, the accomplishment is life changing. In the summer of 2010, 16 wounded warriors rode [...]

Exceptional Disabled Veterans Overcoming Challenges Power High Ground

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Boulder, Colorado, February 20, 2012 – At the February 18 Boulder International Film Festival premiere of “High Ground,” the capacity audience showed their appreciation of the moving and emotional documentary. Following the screening, the audience stood and applauded filmmaker Michael Brown and the wounded warriors who participated in World T.E.A.M. Sports’ October [...]

2010 Soldiers to the Summit Himalayan Expedition Positive Experience for All

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Boulder, Colorado, February 14, 2012 – The February 18, 2012 release of the feature documentary “High Ground,” chronicling World T.E.A.M. Sports’ successful October, 2010 expedition to Nepal’s Himalayan Mountains, provides an opportunity for the public to experience a remarkable journey of wounded warriors facing exceptional challenges. “From the start, we hoped this [...]

Documentary Chronicling 2010 Soldiers to the Summit Expedition Premieres February 18

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Boulder, Colorado, February 9, 2012 – In October, 2010, a team of 11 wounded warriors successfully climbed 20,075 foot Lobuche East, an ice and snow covered peak near Mount Everest in Nepal. The feature documentary chronicling the World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Soldiers to the Summit expedition, High Ground, will premiere February 18 as [...]

Celtics Experience a Winner for Massachusetts Disabled Youth

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Boston, Massachusetts, February 7, 2012 – Boston’s fabled TD Garden hosted two basketball games on February 5. In one contest, the Boston Celtics easily beat the Memphis Grizzlies 98-80. In the second contest, no score was kept, but the participating youth had the experience of a lifetime. For the fifth year, the [...]

2012 Celtics Experience Provides Inclusive Game for Disabled Youth

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Boston, Massachusetts, January 30, 2012 – On February 5, 2012, 24 excited children will venture onto the fabled parquet floor of Boston’s TD Garden to play a special basketball game. Sponsored by the National Basketball Association’s Boston Celtics and World T.E.A.M. Sports, the Celtics Experience features disabled and able bodied children playing [...]

Adventure TEAM Challenge 2012 Seeks Participating Teams

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Holbrook, New York, January 26, 2012: World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inclusive team competition, the Adventure TEAM Challenge, returns this May 18-20 to the western Colorado wilderness. Held annually in Colorado since 2007, the Challenge features teams of five participants, two of which must be disabled, one being a wheelchair user. Even more so [...]

The Passing of the Guard: World T.E.A.M. Sports Honors Corporal Seamus Garrahy

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Arlington, Virginia, January 9, 2012: Perhaps Face of America rider Geoffrey Moulton said it best. “Cancer did not win,” he said of this morning’s unexpected passing of Corporal Jim “Seamus” Garrahy, “He simply ran out of time.” One of World T.E.A.M. Sports most dedicated supporters; Corporal Garrahy opened his Black Horse Tavern [...]

December 2011 Newsletter

World T.E.A.M. Sports supporters, participants and sponsors received a copy of our December 2011 digital newsletter, delivered by email. Subscribe today! (Please click to enlarge.)

Registration for the Face of America 2012 Ride Opens

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Arlington, Virginia, December 16, 2011: Registration for World T.E.A.M. Sports‘ April 27-29, 2012 Face of America ride from Washington, D.C. to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania opened today for interested participants and teams. One of America’s most inspiring bicycle rides, the Face of America brings together disabled and able-bodied athletes for a weekend of riding, [...]