By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, July 7, 2017 – National non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ August 1-2 Coastal Team Challenge will join together adaptive and able-bodied athletes in a challenging outdoor sporting endeavor. Paddling Hobie two-person Mirage Oasis kayaks, the 32 participating athletes will travel 16 nautical miles across the Great South Bay of New […]
Outdoor Sports to Thrill Disabled Teens at Dralla Foundation Adventure Team Challenge D.C.
By Richard Rhinehart Washington, D.C., June 26, 2017 – Developmentally-, intellectually-, and physically-disabled young athletes from the greater Washington region are scheduled to participate in the inclusive Dralla Foundation Adventure Team Challenge this September 9 at Washington D.C. Hosted by national nonprofit World T.E.A.M. Sports, the Challenge is patterned after the organization’s inspiring Adventure Team […]
Center for Discovery to Host Eighth Adventure Team Challenge New York
By Richard Rhinehart Harris, New York, June 5, 2017 – Twelve teen-aged adaptive athletes from The Center for Discovery will join with 20 able-bodied coaches in the June 8-9 Adventure Team Challenge New York from national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports. Athletes in the eighth annual Challenge will participate in three stages of the inclusive event, […]
Independent Maryland Bike Shops Assist Face of America Ride to Gettysburg
By Richard Rhinehart Mt. Airy, Maryland, May 31, 2017 – World T.E.A.M. Sports’ annual Face of America bicycle and hand cycle ride to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania depends on the assistance and support of many supporting partners and sponsors, including Maryland’s Mt. Airy and College Park Bicycles. Owned and managed by longtime bicycling expert Larry Black, the […]
Annual Face of America Ride Completes Journey to Gettysburg
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, May 12, 2017 – For the nearly 600 riders participating in national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ April 29-30 Face of America bicycle and hand cycle ride to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the exceptional camaraderie between adaptive military veterans and able-bodied athletes was their primary reason for riding. Under cloudy skies April […]
Face of America 2017 Brings Together Adaptive and Able-Bodied Athletes
By Richard Rhinehart King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, April 24, 2017 – More than 150 adaptive military veterans from the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada will gather in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and in Arlington, Virginia the afternoon of April 28 for the Face of America bicycle and hand cycle ride to Gettysburg. From national […]
Dell EMC Joins World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Face of America as a Supporting Partner
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, April 17, 2017 – National non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inclusive April 28-30 Face of America bicycle and hand cycle ride to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, today welcomed the support of Dell EMC as a participating event partner. The annual two-day journey to the Civil War battlefields of Gettysburg honors military veterans […]
Three Wire Systems Partners with World T.E.A.M. Sports in Support of Face of America
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, April 12, 2017 – National non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports announced today that Three Wire Systems, (LLC), an innovative technology solutions provider and the nation’s leader in veteran-centric integrative care coaching, is returning as a partner of the organization’s annual inclusive bicycle and hand cycle Face of America ride to […]
Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Designates April 30 as Face of America Day
By Richard Rhinehart Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, April 3, 2017 – Governor Tom Wolf today designated April 30, 2017 as Face of America Day in Pennsylvania, recognizing the exceptional adaptive military veterans who are riding national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Face of America to the historic Civil War community of Gettysburg. “Since the infancy of the United […]
Face of America Veteran Finds Bicycling Therapeutic
By Richard Rhinehart Endwell, New York, March 28, 2017 – Navy and Army National Guard veteran Nicole Lee is riding in her first Face of America with national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports this April 28-30. The southern New York state veteran is riding with Team Rescue 22 from Arlington to Gettysburg with other adaptive military […]
Giving it Her All: A Profile of Face of America Athlete Donna Zephrine
By Melissa Grappone Bayshore, New York, March 21, 2017: Adaptive Army veteran, Donna Zephrine, is no stranger to challenges. Having participated in several World T.E.A.M. Sports events over the last few years — the Face of America (FOA) in 2015 and 2016; the 2015 Face of America Liberty from West Point Academy to the Freedom […]
Veteran Corps of America Welcomed as Valued Face of America Partner
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, March 16, 2017 – National non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports announced today that Veteran Corps of America, the O’Fallon, Illinois veteran-owned and managed federal contractor, is returning as a sponsor of the organization’s inclusive April 28-30 Face of America bicycle and hand cycle ride to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Honoring the many […]
Face of America Adaptive Army Veteran Returns to her Eastern Pennsylvania Roots
By Richard Rhinehart Issaquah, WA, February 28, 2017 – Army veteran Shanda Taylor-Boyd is returning to her roots this April 28-30 as a participating athlete in national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Face of America bicycle and hand cycle ride to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from historic Valley Forge east of Philadelphia. The two day ride, hosted annually […]
Air Force Veteran Encourages Others with Disabilities to Become Active in Sports
By Richard Rhinehart Park City, UT, January 31, 2017 – Air Force veteran Heath Hinton of Clearfield, Utah spent 16 years with the United States Air Force. In May, 2016, he was medically discharged from his duties following injuries he sustained during his service that made it nearly impossible for him to run. This April […]
Army Veteran Who Rode Across America in 2010 to Ride Face of America
Royse City, Texas, January 19, 2017 – Retired Army Sgt. Clayton Rankin rode a borrowed recumbent bicycle 4,000 miles across the United States in the summer of 2010 as a member of national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Sea to Shining Sea. Despite concerns from his colleagues as to his fitness and stamina, Sgt. Rankin successfully […]
January 2007 Kilimanjaro Climb Brought Together Athletes
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, December 29, 2016 – World T.E.A.M. Sports’ vice chairman Lon Dolber is a regular participant of the national non-profit’s annual Face of America bicycle ride with adaptive military veterans to Gettysburg. His first event with the organization was very different, however – a life-changing ascent of Africa’s Kilimanjaro with […]
Colorado’s 2016 Adventure Team Challenge Documented in New Videos
By Richard Rhinehart Grand Junction, Colorado, November 14, 2016 – Videographer Ed Shank has released three new videos featuring action from World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inclusive Adventure Team Challenge Colorado. The videos, including interviews with participating athletes, are part of a series of short films Shank is creating in support of the challenging event. Held in […]
Registration Underway for Inclusive 2017 Face of America
By Richard Rhinehart Arlington, Virginia, November 9, 2016 – Adaptive and able-bodied athletes from across North America began registration this week for nonprofit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ annual Face of America bicycle and hand cycle ride. Scheduled for April 28-30, 2017, this inclusive mid-Atlantic journey concludes at the historic Civil War battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and […]
Marine Corps Marathon Inspires Competing World T.E.A.M. Sports Athletes
By Richard Rhinehart Arlington, Virginia, November 2, 2016 – Washington D.C.’s 41st annual Marine Corps Marathon October 30 attracted 30,000 competitors from 55 nations, including eight adaptive and able-bodied athletes from national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports. Led by World T.E.A.M. Sports’ CEO and President Van Brinson, the organization’s team included both military veterans and civilians. […]
A Conversation with World T.E.A.M. Sports Athlete Rory McCarthy
Holbrook, New York, October 17, 2016 – World T.E.A.M. Sports recently discussed with Maine adaptive Rory McCarthy his inspiring experiences with the national non-profit organization since 1995. Here is a transcript of that conversation. World T.E.A.M. Sports: Can you please advise your background? Rory McCarthy: I live near the town of Bath, Maine, called the […]