About this ad: With a surprise heartwarming twist, this Guinness ad embodies the best qualities of friendship (and storytelling). Guinness is a popular Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) at St. James's Gate, Dublin. It’s one of the most successful beer brands worldwide, brewed in almost 60 countries an...

Baritone thunder. Snarling winds. Consuming downpours. Okeechobee, the hurricane of 1928, forced many to flee their ruined communities. But for Janie Crawford, it inspired an unexpected homecoming. So begins Zora Neale Hurston's acclaimed novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," about a Black woman's quest for love and agency. Tanya Boucicaut dives...

Basketball is a fast-moving game of improvisation, contact and, ahem, spatio-temporal pattern recognition. Rajiv Maheswaran and his colleagues are analyzing the movements behind the key plays of the game, to help coaches and players combine intuition with new data. Bonus: What they're learning could help us understand how humans move everywhere.

Alison Quirk tells the personal story of taking in a teenager from Nigeria who was recruited to play basketball at her daughter's high school. Through midnight phone calls, hospital visits, and important milestones, Alison explores the wonderful messiness of families – and how to leave a mark on the world.

Why does the Earth spin? Does a basketball falling from a spinning merry-go-round fall in a curve, as it appears to, or in a straight line? How can speed be manipulated while spinning? In short, why is the spinning motion so special? Brian Jones details the dizzyingly wide array of ways that spinning affects our lives. [Directed by Flaming Medus...

Blue whales are the largest animals on the planet, but what helps them grow to the length of a basketball court? Asha de Vos explains why the size of krill make them the ideal food for the blue whale -- it's as if the blue whale was made to eat krill (and krill was made to be eaten by the blue whale). [Directed by Cognitive Media, narrated by As...

Inspired by the rising movement against racism in the US, WNBA champion Renee Montgomery made an unexpected decision: she opted out of her dream job. As she says in this stirring talk, she wanted to "make it felt," and that meant turning her attention from the court to the community. But you don't have to be a basketball star to make it felt; an...

One day, twin brothers Junajpu and Ixb'alanke discovered their father's hidden ballgame equipment and began to play. Hearing their vigorous game, the lords of the underworld sent a messenger to challenge the boys to a match. Despite the danger, the twins nevertheless answered the call, making the trek to the great city of Xibalba. Who would emer...

Candace Parker is an entrepreneur, activist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the most decorated women's basketball players of all time.

Using advanced data analysis tools, Rajiv Maheswaran and Second Spectrum help make basketball teams smarter.

Matthew Williams believes that sport has the power to change lives.

Dean Furness speaks about what it takes to succeed when faced with challenges.

Writer, comic and mental health activist Kevin Breel speaks up about depression.

John Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about much more than winning.

In addition to her incredible WNBA basketball career, Renee Montgomery is a vocal advocate for equality and social justice reform.

Christine Porath helps organizations build thriving workplaces.

Close your eyes and listen to the grunts and jostling, the smack of rubber on cement and triumphant high-fives. You could be listening to a pickup basketball game anywhere. But you’re in Afghanistan and this is much more than just a game. It is the country’s very first wheelchair basketball tournament and the players are all disabled. Som...

About this event: Springfield is the "City of Firsts" - the first basketball game, the first motorcycle, the first "Springfield". This event will focus on how to use our diversity to bring back the innovation.

In his influential poetry criticism, Stephen Burt links the contemporary with the classical, pinpoints new poetry movements, and promotes outstanding little-known poets.

Dr. Valerie Purdie-Greenaway teaches, conducts research and consults with global leaders to help them develop and foster diverse and inclusive work.

Tony Porter is an educator and activist who is internationally recognized for his effort to end violence against women.

First Lady Michelle Obama, a lawyer and administrator, is an advocate for working parents and education for girls all around the world.

About this event: Join us as Lisa Baxter moderates a conversation with Kelli and San. After the Salon enjoy a wine tasting sponsored by South LA Wine Club and featuring Kita Wines, a Chumash Indian winery. Bios LaSandra “San” Dixon was born in LA but grew up in Azusa, Ca. She was always a sports-minded kid, but developed a passion for basketball. She earned a ...

Shai Weiss is working to build a more climate-friendly aviation industry.

About this event: Who Wins the Game? We believe that technology,design and entertainment are way involved in social media and sports.TEDxAlsancak will be interesting and having variety of knowledge which really worth to spread and meet with TED spirit and goal. TEDxAlsancak will be a cross-disciplinary event. TEDxAlsancak pulls speakers from various platf...

As a venture capitalist, I have a ringside seat to innovation. It is an amazing job; every day I learn about some new technology that is compelling enough that an otherwise rational human being has set aside his or her life to pursue it. It is hard not to get excited about what the future has to offer. But when Chris Anderson asked if I w...

About this event: Someone once wrote “The future is just wasted on some people.” Well, not here. Not at TEDxDiliman. On September 15, 2012, our speakers will tell tales as they try to divine the future… To paraphrase Erin Morgenstern in The Night Circus, from the mundane to the profound… they will share visions and hopes and dreams of the future… ...

TED is about ideas worth spreading, and these often come wrapped up in words worth knowing. Here are some of the great words from TED2015: 10. Neurodiversity. From Steve Silberman's talk on the history of the autism spectrum. It's a word that began popping up in 1998, and it means "the variety of configurations of the brain, especially wi...

The Klong Toey Community Lantern -- a community space in the oldest and largest of Bangkok’s slums -- was built very quickly. Not quite as quickly as shown in this three-minute timelapse video, but construction for the project took just three weeks thanks to the help of the community. But while construction went fast, Norwegian architects ...

In an interview on the Today Show this morning, Kevin Breel reveals why he thinks his TED Talk has gone viral: not because his story is unique, but because it is so common. Breel’s talk, given at TEDxKids@Ambleside, has been watched about 1.5 million times so far. In it, the 19-year-old reveals that, while he seemed to be living a great l...