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Cambodia Sports - Cambodian Youth Football Tournament - March, 2003
Johan Visser the Director of Don Bosco Foundation of Cambodia donated the use of the schools field. "Our purpose is to help youth and sport is very important, sports forms character," Visser said. Three hundred students attend Don Bosco tuition free. In addition students are provided with two basketball/volleyball courts that are in excellent condition. Without the schools pitch this football tournament would not have happened. Sihanoukville First Cambodian Province To Organize Youth Football Tournament. To show their support the Cambodian Football Federation donated 400,000 riel ($100) to the organization

Sports Notes - LAKERS TIME BOMB - March, 1999
The addition of DENNIS RODMAN has turned the Lakers from LOSERS to winners. The question is how long will it last? - During the Sonics-Lakers game Friday March 5, ESPN reported that there was tension between SHAQUILLE O'NEAL and KOBE BRYANT over Bryant's shot selection - The pressure of rumored trades involving EDDIE JONES, ELDEN CAMPBELL and DEREK FISHER still looms. Can team harmony exist when the rug may be pulled from under their feet and job security doesn't exist? Does constantly having to look over your shoulder create TEAM harmony?

Phnom Penh (Ah) - DIGITAL DIVIDE DATA (DDD) - Bridging The Digital Gap... Of Have And Have Nots - April, 2002
New businesses that involve the Internet are emerging in Cambodia providing jobs for some of its 11 million people. One such company Digital Divide Data (DDD) was created to bridge the digital gap. It is a situation where the DDD haves are bringing work opportunities to the have not Khmers.

Sports Notes - Muhammad ALI THE GREATEST - January, 2012
The Louisville Lip Hit Hard with his Mouth & His Hands - He was despised in his own country for his refusal to serve in the US military but was adored abroad. He stuck to his principals and eventually won over his detractors. His bold manner was copied giving strength to the weak

Sports Notes - Thailand's Coach & Manager Quit - Liverpool A No Sale - Thailand Defeat Newcastle United - July 2004
What can you say about Thailand's football fortunes or misfortunes? In May when Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he wanted to purchase a 30% share of the Liverpool Football Club mad frenzy reined throughout the country over the prospect of it happening. The problem was the PM wanted to use public funds via a lottery rather than some the billions of dollars of his personal wealth

NBA MAX - Dennis Rodman - 1994
TRodman was a member of five NBA championship teams including three with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. His nicknames include "Dennis the Menace", "Rodzilla", "Rod the Bod", and "Worm", Prior to joining the Bulls Rodman was a member of the San Antonio Spurs.. Read on... in French language

Sports Notes - ALAN ROTHENBERG - "America's GODFATHER of Soccer" - July 1999
He was the commissioner of soccer for the 1984 Olympic soccer tournament. He is the FOUNDER and chairman of Major League Soccer [MLS]. Rothenberg was instrumental in bringing the successful Women's World Cup to America. Among his credits, he served as the President of the U.S. Soccer Federation for eight years. He was Chairman and CEO of World Cup USA in 1994, which became the most successful event in FIFA history. His efforts helped contribute to a World Cup operating surplus of more than $50 million that serves as the initial funding source for the U.S. Soccer Foundation

Sports Notes EXTRA EXTRA: Peyton Leads The Family Manning & The Indianapolis Colts - January, 2007
Manning comes from a lineage of NFL quarterbacks being the son of Archie Manning and older brother of the New York Giants Eli Manning. All three Manning's were selected in the first round of the NFL draft.... More Sports.

BAD AS I WANNA BE: THE DENNIS RODMAN STORY
Dennis Rodman is famous internationally as an actor. Many of his young fans know nothing about his NBA basketball career. The story of his life is being shown internationally.

Travel Tips - AMAZING RACE TO CAMBODIA AND ANGKOR WAT - October, 2008
Roman Wanderaugh in Cambodia & Thailand - On our trip their in 1999, we had a guide who couldn't speak English well and knew very little of the temples history. At that time the Temples were not visited by many tourists and there was very little training of staff. After paying the guide a fee we accidentally ran into a person of Indian heritage who was a professor at Bowie State University in the USA. He knew the stories and explained them in great detail

Sports Notes - BRAZIL TAKE FIFA's TOP HONOR - RONALDINHO FIFA'S # 1 - December, 2004
THAILAND FOOTBALL FORTUNES GOING UP IN FLAMES? - FIFA TOP 10 - Withe's Indonesia Tops In Tiger Cup & Move On To Semifinal - Thailand Fails To Survive 1st Round 1st Time In Tiger Cup History... Thai Coach Held Called On Carpet & Held... - Cambodia Winless In Tiger Cup Top Scorer Sochetra Left Off Squad

Sports Notes - Thailand's Bid For Liverpool FC - June, 2004
DO POLITICS & SPORTS MIX? - Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra bid to purchase a 30% share of the Liverpool football club of the English Premiere League for US $100 million - Is there a major professional sports team in the world that is owned in part or total by a government? - Why would a government invest in a professional sports franchise outside of their country? - Doesn't Thailand have enough work to do in their own country where their money could improve conditions there?

Sports Notes - WALTER PAYTON REMEMBERED - November, 1999
The size of Walter Payton's heart made up for the lack of size of his body. He had guts of steel. He believed and achieved and remained humble - Payton was the NFL's all-time career rushing leader with 16,726 yards. He was the league MVP twice. The NFL Hall of Fame member was also a champion, having been a member of the Chicago Bears 1985 Super Bowl team

Video Beat - CNN EXPLOITS LITTLE GIRL - September, 2009
Nujood Ali was regularly beaten by her in-laws, raped by her husband. When CNN told her story her life became more tragic but CNN returned to feed off of her again for their selfish gratification. The fact that CNN was shameless enough to further exploit this young girl is indicative of how they practice mercenary journalism and take no prisoners as anyone who dies in their way of a story is apparently a causality of news wars scrambling for ratings

Sports Notes Archives - Dick Vermeil Serves Critics Crow - February, 2000
Coach of the Super Bowl winning St. Louis Rams, fell prey to the Age Discrimination - Dick Vermeil proved his critics wrong by turning around the NFL's worst team in the 90's into Super Bowl champions within three years. At the start of the season the odds were 200-1 that the Rams could win the NFL's grand prize

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FEATURE - Thai Police Harass Tourists - February, 2001
INTIMIDATION... IS THAT THE NAME OF THE GAME? - Much of Thailand's income is derived from tourism. A tourist can spend more money in A DAY than many Thais earn IN A YEAR. The Amazing part of the story is Thailand is now mismanaging the tourists it so badly seeks. Police are now harassing tourists.

Feature - ANGKOR WAT TEMPLES - The Jewel of Cambodia
The famed ruins of the ancient Temples of Angkor Wat is recognized by many as one of the wonders of the world. It is also recognized as being one of the foremost architectural wonders of the world. The temples are the jewel and primary attraction of Cambodia's tourism industry

CAMBODIA NEWS - FORMER KHMER ROUGE PRISONER THEARY SENG SPEAKS OF KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL INJUSTICE - February, 2012
Theary Seng was a prisoner of the Khmer Rouge. She slept next to her mother when the soldiers with wet ropes came to take her away. Seng was awakened but her mother calmed her signifying not to worry. The next morning her mother was missing and would never return. She was murdered by the Khmer Rouge who also killed her father. She and her brothers were without parents and left to fend for themselves

Phnom Penh - FRESHIE CONTEST'S HIP-HOP GENERATION - December, 2005
NGO SCUM BAGS - When a foreigner visits a country they are that countries guests. Questions. Why do foreigners with money and jobs come to a country and treat it as if it were there own and have NO REGARD for the Khmer residents? Why do they come into an area with a condescending attitude? Why cant's they respect the people who have lived in the area for years while raising their families? Why can't they understand that school children need sleep and quiet so they can study?

Travel Tips - Cambodia - Thailand - SOKHA BEACH HOTEL OPENS IN SIHANOUKVILLE - Wednesday March 31, 2004
Thai & Cambodian Holidays In April - Serendipity Beach Founder Chuck Found - Bangkok's Bar Owner Woes - Holy Cow Feast - Dr Beat - Siem Reap's Laundry - Chiang Mai's Link To Laos - Travelers Friend - Pattaya Expat Clubs

FEATURE - RACIST RADIO - August 1998
LA SPORTS TALK RADIO SLANDERS RUPERT MURDOCH & DEMEANS LA DODGERS - He is promoted on the air as "THE BIG NASTY." The Nasty Man went on the air Saturday [Aug. 8] and defended his show while intoning that it was a put-on and it was entertainment. Obviously he feels that RACISM, being the context, is entertainment

FEATURE - THE ASIAN EQUATION - November 2001
As life goes on the learning process continues. We take a look back from the then to the now of past experiences in the music business to fast forward and traveling though Southeast Asia and being fascinated by the cultures. There are no International marquees names in the region but we did absorb experiences that are truly Asia's

Feature - Cambodia's Human Trafficking
Young Cambodian girls being lied to or enticed by boyfriends or friends of the family into prostitution under the guise of getting a job in a garment factory or as a waitress. POVERTY is the ROOT CAUSE. Some people in rural villages live under a tree without cover from the elements.

Feature - "Dr. Beat" - Free Health Care For Cambodian Children
"He gave his life for this," an American from the city of Chicago said of the performer of a music concert. . He…is, Dr. Beat Richner who was about to perform a solo cello concert. The this... the tourist was referring to, be Jayavarman VII Hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia. For the past ten years Richner has raised funds and has overseen construction of three Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals in Cambodia. He is the founder and acting head of the facilities that give medical treatment to Cambodia's children FOR FREE.

DIGITAL DIVIDE DATA (DDD) - Bridging The Digital Gap... Of Have And Have Nots
New businesses that involve the Internet are emerging in Cambodia providing jobs for some of its 11 million people. One such company Digital Divide Data (DDD) was created to bridge the digital gap. It is a situation where the DDD haves are bringing work opportunities to the have not Khmers.

OPERATION SMILE Helps Cambodian Children
A team of American surgeons performed cleft lip and cleft palate operations on some of Cambodia's children for free.

"A WOUNDED LIFE" A Young Khmer Girl Is Sold Into Prostitution
Sex trafficking is an issue in many parts of Asia. "A Wounded Life" is a theatrical production from true case studies of a young Khmer girl tricked and sold into prostitution.

CAMBODIA'S "Killing Fields" HUMAN SKULL MAP DISMANTLED
The maps 300 skulls and bones represented the grim results of an estimated 1.7 million people who were tortured and murdered in Po Pots Khmer Rouge Killing Fields from 1975-79.

Phnom Penh (Ah) - PP BURNING - Cambodians Rebel Against Thailand - February 2003
Comments of Thai TV Star Stir Anger in Cambodia. Actress, Suwanan "Kob" Kongying was reported as saying that she would never visit Cambodia until Angkor Wat was returned to Thailand. Some worry if the incident will hurt tourism

Feature - Jim Murray (1919-1998) - Pulitzer Prize columnist and cofounder of Sports Illustrated Magazine - My recollection of my first encounter with Murray was in the Rose Bowl press box, early on in my sports journalism career when he graciously shared his thoughts on writing. Here was an legend in his own time taking time to share his thoughts with someone who was new in the business and trying to figure out what was going on.