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Pete Carroll and Lou Tice

By on September 26, 2011 in Psychology, Sports, Television, TPI

A local Seattle news station did a nice video piece on the relationship between the Seattle Seahawks coach and the founder/chairman of The Pacific Institute.

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Kirk Gibson and The Pacific Institute

By on September 22, 2011 in Psychology, Sports, TPI
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I’ve been affiliated with The Pacific Institute for almost three years now. I’ve been an Arizona Diamondbacks fan since their inception in 1998. But for some inexplicable reason, I have been completely ignorant of Arizona manager Kirk Gibson’s history with TPI. I was back in Seattle last weekend, for the final “Weekend with Lou” event [...]

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Introducing… Megan Rapinoe

By on July 15, 2011 in Sports
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I had a change of heart this week. After years of deriding, dismissing, and mostly ignoring the highest level of women’s soccer, I now count myself as an aficionado of the female version of the beautiful game. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always been supportive of my sister and my friends in their soccer matches, [...]

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Landon Donovan’s Redemption is at Hand

Landon Donovan’s Redemption is at Hand

By on June 23, 2010 in Sports
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“…the ball fell to me, and time kinda stopped…” These words were Landon Donovan’s response just minutes after scoring the most clutch goal in United States Men’s National Team soccer history at the 2010 World Cup.  Donovan’s last minute goal against Algeria was the difference between his team going home, or going on.  It turn [...]

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Steve Nash Covers the World Cup for… CBS Sports?

Steve Nash Covers the World Cup for… CBS Sports?

By on June 22, 2010 in Sports, Television
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A little less than a year ago, I announced my ridiculously optimistic, slightly delusional, completely serious dream of watching the 2010 World Cup in South Africa… with Steve Nash.  While I still believe that it healthy and worthwhile to set big, huge goals even with no immediate idea of how to acheive them, sadly, this [...]

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The crying North Korean player…

The crying North Korean player…

By on June 16, 2010 in Sports
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…and 4 other great things about the opening games of the 2010 World Cup. Let’s start with the titular moment of my list. The crying North Korean player Not much is known about what goes on in land of North Korea.  Because of government restrictions on just about everything, even less is known about what [...]

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