World T.E.A.M. Sports

By Richard Rhinehart Frederick, Maryland, April 28, 2012 – Leading Face of America participants in cheers for their favorite military service branch, Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia of the Marine Corps sent the nearly 500 riders on their way this morning with good will and a deep understanding that supporting and welcoming our military veterans, [...]

By Richard Rhinehart Arlington, Virginia, April 24, 2012 – The legacy of Corporal Jim “Seamus” Garrahy will be honored at World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Face of America ride April 27-29 with two Marine Corps guest speakers kicking off the event. The Face of America is the annual inclusive bicycle ride from World T.E.A.M. Sports that brings [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Holbrook, New York, March 20, 2012 – World T.E.A.M. Sports CEO and President Paul Tyler announced today that Capital One Financial Corporation has signed as the Presenting Sponsor for the non-profit organization’s Face of America ride. The inclusive 110-mile bicycle ride from Washington, D.C. to Gettysburg National Battlefield in Pennsylvania will run [...]

BY KIMBERLY WARPINSKI Arlington, Virginia, November 15, 2011: The relentless rainy weather in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region finally allowed a perfectly sunny autumn day, just in time for World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inaugural Family Day Out. The Thursday, November 3 ride featured recovering soldiers from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, who spent the day [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Arlington, Virginia, October 21, 2011 – In May 2008, Air Force Sgt. Christopher Frost received life-changing injuries owing to an explosion that killed a colleague when his 14 ton vehicle detonated a pressure-sensitive IED during a mission in northern Iraq. A Team Leader for Weapons Intelligence, Sgt. Frost lost his right leg [...]

BY BONNIE LINEN-CARROLL Arlington, Virginia, October 17, 2011 – My son Jerry will be 17 years old this October 21. Among the challenges he faces daily, he has Cerebral Palsy, ADHD and LD. When he was 12 years old, Jerry had surgery to correct his legs, as he had been basically walking on the inside [...]

BY KIMBERLY WARPINSKI Arlington, Virginia, October 13, 2011 – Being my first long bike excursion, Ride Allegheny surpassed my expectations of a challenging, yet beautiful experience. The group that organized the annual 320 mile bicycle ride from Pittsburgh to Gaithersburg, Maryland did an amazing job of organizing logistics. Through the ride, they brought riders together [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Arlington, Virginia, October 11, 2011 – For members of our nation’s veterans rehabilitating in federal hospitals, time moves very slowly. In between rehabilitation activities, meals and conversations with the medical staff, there’s not much to engage a soldier’s mind while the body recovers. World T.E.A.M. Sports, the Arlington, Virginia-based national non-profit that [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Arlington, Virginia, September 29, 2011 – World T.E.A.M. Sports CEO and President Paul Bremer announced today that the national non-profit organization has joined the HSC Foundation’s National Youth Transitions Collaborative. This Washington, D.C. program, created by the HSC Foundation, is supported by nearly 40 non-profit organizations with the goal of bringing together [...]

BY KIMBERLY WARPINSKI Arlington, Virginia, September 27, 2011 – On a day when the Nickelodeon Networks went dark to encourage outdoor play, World T.E.A.M. Sports, along with partners DC Soccer and the GotSoccer Foundation, brought together disabled and able-bodied children for an active day of soccer skills training. At Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play on [...]