Sports
Heat Spells Death for Ice Hockey
All world famous players and athletes are said to have started their career in small open spaces around their homes, and not in humongous stadiums and professional grounds. Almost all senior Ice Hockey players used to play initially at frozen lakes and backyard rinks and it seems like future ice hockey players may miss all the childhood excitement. A recent ...
Up! Style Balloon House Takes Flight
This sure is breath-taking stuff. A real-life version of a house was lifted skywards with the help of over 300 balloons. This is actually a real-life version of Pixar's animated hit film Up! This Up-inspired house was launched from an air field east of LA by the National Geographic Channel.
Tyson Show Incurs PETA Wrath
Mike Tyson’s new reality series “Taking on Tyson”, which premiered on Animal Planet may have won him good fanfare, but he is getting brickbats too. Well, the second mentioned reaction is from PETA. It has been learnt that the animal rights organization is not that impressed with the show.
Nike Introduces New Sustainable Football Kit
Nike has joined with the French Football Federation on Monday and a shirt and short made from recycled microfiber polyester, to put it in laymen’s term, the pair is derived entirely from discarded plastic bottles along with organic cotton.
Soweta Football Training Centre in South Africa Creates an Exemplary Sustainable Design
The Soweta Football Training Centre in South Africa is hailed as a marvelous design in the area of sustainable architecture and energy- efficiency that too built in a short time span of just six months. The building is a collaboration venture between Canadian firm RUFproject and Nike Global Football Brand Design.
Porsche 911 GT3R Hybrid Gears Up For North American Racing Debut
Porsche's 480-horsepower 911 GT3R hybrid vehicle will make its North American racing debut at the competition of the Petit Le Mans (PLM) in the unclassified category. The race will test the GT3R's on-track abilities and its unique hybrid propulsion system.
Green Pavilion at Rotterdam Football Club
The football club of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, will get noticed for its new pavilion which could be considered as a different venture in eco-architecture and green living. This striking building features a translucent cantilevered roof, specially designed canopy and grass-covered slopes.
Liberty Tire Recycling is Official Sponsor of MAKE Motorsports Vehicle in NASCAR
Liberty Tire Recycling is the leading tire recycling company in the US. Reports are coming in of the company getting to be the official sponsor of the MAKE Motorsports' #50 Liberty Tire Recycling Chevy Silverado, which will be racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. This is the first such sponsorship in the ‘green’ category at NASCAR. The Chevy ...
Sun-Powered Golf Cart to Ride in Cocoa
The shopping district of Cocoa will have an all new ecofriendly touring option by the end of this summer. Previously the village, that attracts scores of shoppers, took them around in quaint horse-and-carriage rides. But now, the transportation will be via a solar-powered golf cart, which can go up to 35 mph.
Teeing off On a Greener Turf: Eco-friendly Golf Balls Arrive
Just when you though that golf could not possible get any greener – a Tempe company comes up with eco-friendly Dixon Earth golf balls. This is the only golf ball in the world that can be recycled further into several other products – playground equipment, artificial turf, experimental putter just to name a few.
