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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Maine Adaptive Athlete Enjoys Lifetime of Hand Cycling with World T.E.A.M. Sports
By Richard Rhinehart Bath, Maine, October 14, 2016 – Participation in challenging sports and exercise may not have changed Rory McCarthy’s life, but actively seeking physical activities through hand cycling and other outdoor sports has greatly improved the quality of his life. As a continuing World T.E.A.M. Sports athlete, McCarthy has gained a lifetime of […]
Adventure Team Challenge Washington D.C.: A Conversation with Karen Glasser
By Sarah Bell Washington, D.C., October 4, 2016 – On September 17, 2016, World T.E.A.M. Sports partnered with Best Buddies Capital Region to produce its fourth Adventure Team Challenge, Washington, D.C. Presenting sponsor, New Jersey-based Dralla Foundation teamed with sponsors SUBWAY of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Edible Arrangements to provide generous […]
Zack Bastian: An Endless Ability
By Sarah Bell Photographs by Sarah Bell and Steph Lavallee Grand Junction, Colorado, October 4, 2016 – “I hadn’t done a lot of mountain biking,” says Zack Bastian sheepishly, “and there I was on a single-track mountain biking trail, with high grass on either side of me, trying to physically and technically control this new […]
Adaptive Athletes Excel at Tenth Annual Adventure Team Challenge
By Richard Rhinehart Grand Junction, Colorado, September 30, 2016 – Under picture-perfect sunny skies September 25, the 11 teams competing in national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ tenth annual Adventure Team Challenge Colorado paddled to the sandy Highline Lake shore and triumphantly passed underneath the arched finish line. For many of the participating adaptive and able-bodied […]
Colorado’s Scenic McInnis Canyons host of World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Adventure Team Challenge
By Richard Rhinehart Grand Junction, Colorado, September 21, 2016 – National non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inclusive Adventure Team Challenge returns to Grand Junction and Mesa County this September 23-25 with 12 teams of adaptive and able-bodied athletes undertaking off-road bicycling, river rafting, rock climbing, hiking and orienteering. Considered by experienced adventure athletes to be one […]
Global Advisory Services Leader Ernst & Young Supporting Colorado Adventure Team Challenge
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York September 19, 2016 – National non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports welcomes global advisory services leader Ernst & Young as a partner in the organization’s annual Adventure Team Challenge in western Colorado September 23-25. Selected EY staff members will travel to Grand Junction September 22 to participate in the three-stage, multi-sport […]
American Portfolios Financial Services Returns as Adventure Team Challenge Sponsor
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, September 16, 2016 – New York’s American Portfolios Financial Services, an independent broker/dealer that serves affiliated financial advisors nationwide, returns as a leading financial sponsor for national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ September 23-25 Adventure Team Challenge near Grand Junction in western Colorado. A sponsor for the inaugural Adventure Team […]
Dralla Foundation Adventure Team Challenge Washington D.C. Brings Together Athletes
By Richard Rhinehart Washington, D.C., September 15, 2016 – National non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inclusive Dralla Foundation Adventure Team Challenge Washington D.C. is returning to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park on Saturday, September 17. The outdoor adventure race will include adaptive and able-bodied athletes from the Washington region competing in a three-stage, […]
ATC Colorado Athlete Kelly Nagel Joins World T.E.A.M. Sports Board of Directors
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, September 14, 2016 – World T.E.A.M. Sports welcomes Kelly Nagel, regional Vice President of Development for Aimco Apartment Homes in Bethesda, Maryland, as a member of the organization’s board of directors. The San Antonio native became involved with World T.E.A.M. Sports and the organization’s inclusive Adventure Team Challenge Colorado […]
Rutgers University Department of Athletics and Napier Park Global Capital Team up to Support Adventure Team Challenge Colorado
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, September 9, 2016 – A unique partnership between New York’s Napier Park Global Capital and New Jersey’s Rutgers University Department of Athletics will sponsor a team of athletes in Colorado’s September 23-25 Adventure Team Challenge from national non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports. “I am excited to get out to Colorado […]
Sila Solutions Group Supporting Adventure Team Challenge Colorado
By Richard Rhinehart Holbrook, New York, September 6, 2016 – National non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports welcomed the support today of Sila Solutions Group, a Washington D.C. based IT and management consulting firm, for the organization’s September 23-25 Adventure Team Challenge Colorado. Considering support of local communities and volunteerism as an integral part of their corporate […]