2008 World Series — Facts For Features — United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau offers some statistics on Major League baseball, and Tampa Bay, FL, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, and Philadelphia, PA, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies and the Rays are of course the two teams playing each other in the 2008 series.
Free Movies & TV on IMDB
Thanks to Christina Barnes (Sciences) for passing this along!
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is now offering free movies, shorts, and new & classic TV on their site. So if you’ve been dying to watch “The Love Boat,” “24″ or Some Like it Hot, here’s your chance!
Shelby Farms Park — Master Plan Executive Summary
http://www.shelbyfarmspark.org/sfpc/files/MasterPlanExecutiveSummary.pdf
The executive summary of the Master Plan for the development of Shelby Farms is available on the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy website.
2008 Summer Olympics — International Olympic Committee
http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
This is the official website of the International Olympic Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympics that will begin in Beijing on August 8, 2008. Much helpful information is found here and results of competitions will be found on the site after the Games begin. An FAQ is also included where the most commonly asked questions about the Olympics are found and filed by theme.
Sharing our national past time worldwide
This is a non-profit organization relying on donations of “gently used” baseball uniforms and equipment so underprivilege children may enjoy America’s national past time across the world. The website addresses the organization’s four goals:
• To support the growth of baseball in the U.S. and internationally.
• To give kids equipment so they can get out, have fun and stay healthy.
• To teach kids important lessons through baseball, like teamwork and sportsmanship.
• To make friends across the world through America’s past time.
Being a fan of the game of baseball, I personally liked and approved what the organization is doing. Enjoy the site!
Major League Baseball Media Guides For All Thirty Teams
http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/media_guides/index.jsp
Media guides for each Major League Baseball team are found here.
Major League Baseball : American League Red Book and the National League Green Book
http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2008/red_book.pdf
http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2008/green_book.pdf
Major League Baseball offers its American League Red Book and National League Green Book online here. Both offer statistics, facts, and information on baseball and all of its major league teams.
Memphis Zoo Projects and the Citizens To Preserve Overton Park
http://www.memphiszoo.org/membership.aspx?pid=173
The Fred and Diane Smith Family Teton Trek is a four-acre exhibit opening at the Memphis Zoo in 2009 that will take people on a journey through the culture, history and wildlife of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
http://www.memphiszoo.org/membership.aspx?pid=175
The Memphis Zoo also has a project planned, Chickasaw Bluffs, that involves 17 acres of forest in Overton Park and includes a low-impact forest trail.
http://www.overtonparkforever.blogspot.com/
The Citizens To Preserve Oveton Park opposes these projects because it wants to preserve the forest in Overton Park and does not want to see the implementation of any new projects that will shrink the existing forest; and it wants to stop the construction of Chickasaw Bluffs before it begins.
A fun site for Midsouth kids and their parents
This is a fun, informative site that is “the must-have website for Midsouth moms and dads.”
American College of Sports Medicine Database
http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home_Page&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=6117
“The American College of Sports Medicine Office of Museum, History, and Archives is pleased to provide the Health and Physical Activity Reference Database of articles and books published over the past 200 years or more related generally, to the connection between health and physical exercise and the early history of the physiology of exercise.”–From the website. You can search the database by subject or keyword or you can do a chronological search by author.
Allen’s Guide: Summer Camps and Travel Programs
[Originally posted July 26, 2006. Might be helpful as we gear up for summer!]
I wish I’d come across this sooner in the summer, but hopefully it will still be useful in years to come!
“Allen’s Guide provides information about many different kids & teen summer camps and travel programs.” The site offers links to the websites of a variety of camps and programs, from weight loss camps to academic and arts programs and programs abroad.
New Databases: Time Magazine Archives and SI Vault
http://www.time.com/time/archive
Time Magazine offers a free, searchable database of Time Magazine covers and the content of all of its issues going back to 1923.
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
Sports Illustrated magazine offers a free, searchable database of the content for the last 54 years of Sports Illustrated magazine.
Major League Baseball Spring Training 2008
Spring Training for Major League Baseball has arrived and below are the links to where information, shedules, locations, and more can be found on all National and American League Teams:
Arizona–Cactus League http://www.cactusleague.com/
Florida–Grapefruit League http://www.floridagrapefruitleague.com/
Major League Baseball–Spring Training 2008 http://www.mlb.com/spring_training/index.jsp?c_id=mlb
Memphis Loves Kids
Submitted by a community member: “Now in its third year, Memphis Loves Kids, ‘The Must-Have Web Site for Mid-South Moms & Dads’ is a comprehensive resource for parents and teachers in Shelby County. The site offers information on events, classes, parties, story times, reading resources, museums, local pet adoption, kids eat free nights, fun & free activities, volunteering and more. Sign up for weekly newsletter for family-friendly happenings in Shelby County.”
Mitchell Report on Steroids in Baseball
http://files.mlb.com/mitchrpt.pdf
This is the .pdf version of Sen. George Mitchell’s report on his independent investigation into the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, released this afternoon. The report is over 400 pages, so you might want to check out MLB.com for related news and summaries.
