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Basketball

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...
https://www.ted.com/watch/ads-worth-spreading/basketball

Tanya Boucicaut: Can love and independence coexist?

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...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tanya_boucicaut_can_love_and_independence_coexist

Alison Quirk: Making a difference in the world

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.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_quirk_making_a_difference_in_the_world

Rajiv Maheswaran: The math behind basketball's wildest moves

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.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rajiv_maheswaran_the_math_behind_basketball_s_wildest_moves

Brian Jones: What on Earth is spin?

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...
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_jones_what_on_earth_is_spin

Asha de Vos: Why are blue whales so enormous?

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...
https://www.ted.com/talks/asha_de_vos_why_are_blue_whales_so_enormous_jan_2018

Ilan Stavans: The twins who tricked the Maya gods of death

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...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ilan_stavans_the_twins_who_tricked_the_maya_gods_of_death

Candace Parker | TED Speaker

Candace Parker is an entrepreneur, activist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the most decorated women's basketball players of all time.
WNBA superstar, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/candace_parker

Renee Montgomery: How to turn moments into momentum

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...
https://www.ted.com/talks/renee_montgomery_how_to_turn_moments_into_momentum

Matthew Williams | TED Speaker

Matthew Williams believes that sport has the power to change lives.
Special Olympics International Sargent Shriver Global Messenger
https://www.ted.com/speakers/matthew_williams

Kate Fagan | TED Speaker

Kate Fagan is an Emmy-award winning journalist.
Journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kate_fagan_TEDxBoston20220516-50508

Rajiv Maheswaran | TED Speaker

Using advanced data analysis tools, Rajiv Maheswaran and Second Spectrum help make basketball teams smarter.
Researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rajiv_maheswaran

Dean Furness | TED Speaker

Dean Furness speaks about what it takes to succeed when faced with challenges.
Wheelchair athlete
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dean_furness

Kevin Breel | TED Speaker

Writer, comic and mental health activist Kevin Breel speaks up about depression.
Comedian, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kevin_breel

Renee Montgomery | TED Speaker

In addition to her incredible WNBA basketball career, Renee Montgomery is a vocal advocate for equality and social justice reform.
WNBA champion, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/renee_montgomery

John Wooden | TED Speaker

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.
Coach
https://www.ted.com/speakers/john_wooden

They feel like they can fly: The first wheelchair basketball tournament in Afghanistan, seeded in a TED wish

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...
Posted December 3, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/12/03/they-feel-like-they-can-fly-the-first-wheelchair-basketball-tournament-in-afghanistan-seeded-in-a-ted-wish

TEDxGooisemeren: TEDxGooisemeren 20221015 - an independently organized event

About this event: The world is rapidly changing around us. This TEDx event will present the people who make that change happen. Ranging from more sustainable jeans, AI & Mobility and 3x3 street basketball.
Event details: Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands · October 14, 2022
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/50282

TEDxSpringfield: Innovation Through Diversity & Inclusion - an independently organized event

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.
Event details: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States · October 18, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/9074

Christine Porath | TED Speaker

Christine Porath helps organizations build thriving workplaces.
Management professor, researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/christine_porath

Stephen Burt | TED Speaker

In his influential poetry criticism, Stephen Burt links the contemporary with the classical, pinpoints new poetry movements, and promotes outstanding little-known poets.
Poetry critic
https://www.ted.com/speakers/stephen_burt

Valerie Purdie-Greenaway | TED Speaker

Dr. Valerie Purdie-Greenaway teaches, conducts research and consults with global leaders to help them develop and foster diverse and inclusive work.
Social psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/valerie_purdie_greenaway

Michelle Obama | TED Speaker

First Lady Michelle Obama, a lawyer and administrator, is an advocate for working parents and education for girls all around the world.
First Lady of the United States
https://www.ted.com/speakers/michelle_obama

Tony Porter | TED Speaker

Tony Porter is an educator and activist who is internationally recognized for his effort to end violence against women.
Author, educator, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tony_porter

Shai Weiss | TED Speaker

Shai Weiss is working to build a more climate-friendly aviation industry.
CEO, Virgin Atlantic
https://www.ted.com/speakers/shai_weiss

TEDxAlsancak: Social Media&Sports - an independently organized event

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...
Event details: Izmir, İzmir, Turkey · May 25, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3280

How I thought about curating tech for TED2015

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...
Posted March 14, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/03/14/how-i-thought-about-curating-tech-for-ted2015

TEDxDiliman: The Future - an independently organized event

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… ...
Event details: Quezon City, National Capital Region, Philippines · September 15, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4174

The top 10 words of TED2015

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...
Posted March 20, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/03/20/the-top-10-words-of-ted2015

A community center, built by the community, wins the latest City 2.0 award

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 ...
Posted December 12, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/12/12/a-community-center-built-by-the-community-wins-the-latest-city-2-0-award
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