An Olympian in the opposite of Lego-land

Anna Rice, one of Right To Play's long-time Athlete Ambassadors, arrived in Kampala, Uganda two weeks ago to visit two of our organization's projects in refugee camps. Along with her fiance and a third professional badminton player, she'll be running badminton programs at the camps to teach Right To Play coaches how to run their own sessions with their students.

Anna is a habitual blogger and a great writer, with an eye for detail that allows us to picture her adventures. I especially like the part where she compares Ugandan scooter taxi drivers to "young Evel Knievels".

Check her out at CBCSports.ca!

When will we learn...

Ron Judd of the Seattle Times has posted an article on his Olympics blog entitled "Women ski jumpers just don't know their place - VANOC".

I know this title is sarcastic. It has to be. Right?

Even so, it's a bit of a shock to hear that sentiment in 2009, or to see it plastered across my Google Reader page.

For further reading on this topic, please see Gary Mason and John MacKinnon's articles.

If you've ever wondered what I do at my job....

...check out one of our recent newsletters, the Red Ball Report. We're currently working on the next issue, which should be out within a month, but this one gives a really good overview of who we are, what we do, and where we work.