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NECN interview about TV series

October 10 — Newton, MA. Live on NECN talking about the new TV Series Who Says I Can’t. The TV Series pilot is in post-production and will be shown to the public for the first time on Oct 30 at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel in Boston from 1-4 at the Piers Park Sailing Center [...]

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2011 Alcatraz Sharkfest swim

The Alcatraz Sharkfest swim was 25 June 2011.
 
This was my 18th attempt to swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco. I did finish; I only say “attempt” because all the blather about Alcatraz as this formidable escape-proof prison calls all the escape efforts “attempts”. But of course, we are wearing wetsuits (mostly), are doing it during [...]

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Next TV profile: Kelly Bruno

Kelly Bruno, age 27 from Boca Raton, FL, is a Duke graduate and now a medical student at UNC Chapel Hill. She is also a world-record holding amputee runner and triathlete, a former contestant on the TV series Survivor: Nicaragua, and the next person we will profile in Who Says I Can’t the TV Series.
Kelly [...]

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First 1-legged ascent up Jackson Hole’s Bridger headwall

OK, we don’t know officially if it is first 1-legged ascent but the people that know Jackson Hole well think so.
Through good friend, mountaineer, skier and snowboarder extraordinaire Stephen Koch–the first to descend the highest peaks on 6 of the 7 continents on a snowboard (http://stephenkoch.com)–my brother Mike and I had a strong in with [...]

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This year’s athletic events

I have pretty much settled on the events I will be doing in 2011. Here is the list:

date
location
event
what it is
fundraiser

2/20
Boston, MA
C.R.A.S.H.-B.
Indoor rowing championships
not a fundraiser

4/16-17
D.C. to Gettysburg
FOA ride
World T.E.A.M. Sports Face of America Ride to honor our military—disabled, veterans and active duty—in a ride from DC to Gettysburg, PA
Resources and support to injured service members, [...]

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Needham disabilities awareness at Eliot school

From the Needham Hometown Weekly – Jothy Rosenberg, author of Who Says I Can’t, will help launch the Disability Awareness program at John Eliot Elementary School on Friday, January 28. Rosenberg, who lost a leg and a lung to cancer when he was a teenager, was told that he had no chance of surviving. Thanks [...]

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C.R.A.S.H.-B. 2011 World Indoor Rowing Championships

I’m in! I will be competing in the 2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. 2011 World Indoor Rowing Championships to be held Feb 20th in Agganis Arena at Boston University.
I have been rowing on a one of these machines for winter workouts for years. And a couple of years ago I got on the Charles River and rowed in [...]

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Interview with ESPN

(video)
My interview by ESPN’s Scott Pentoney. Discussed Jim Valvano, Lance Armstrong, sports, disabilities, self-confidence and many other topics.

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Anthony, Zach, Derek, Dan & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Ted Berg and his friends Anthony, Zach, Derek and Dan are off on an incredible adventure riding for 3 months across the southern tip of south america. Ted is a great guy, a former Americorps volunteer and now a highly valued employee at Healthcare for the Homeless Program (where my wife Carole is director of [...]

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Joining the Board of PiersPark Sailing Center

I am thrilled and honored to be the newest member of the board of directors of PiersPark Sailing Center. Here is a brief overview of what PiersPark is all about from their Web site (http://piersparksailing.org):

Our Mission
Piers Park Sailing Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit community sailing center on the East Boston waterfront in Boston’s Inner Harbor. [...]