This October, up to 10,000 of the world's bravest are expected to converge on Sydney, Australia, for the biannual event.  Find out how to be a part of this spectacular happening. 

In part 2 of his two-part series on rugby, Derek Rosenfeld focuses on the sport's positions, formations, and scoring. He also offers photos from 2011's annual FDNY/NYPD rugby match. 

The sport which helped give rise to football is one which is still a mystery to most Americans. Derek Rosenfeld presents this primer on one of the world's most popular sports. 

Derek Rosenfeld concludes his multipart series by examining those few elite athletes who reflect the other side of the retirement coin: They walked away from the game with something left in the tank, and never returned.

In part 2 of this three-part series, Derek Rosenfeld examines some of the most famous retirement flip-flops in modern sports history.

When you are one of the best athletes in the world, simply walking away is not an option.

Lieutenant John Gargagliano of the Hackensack (NJ) Fire Department returns to Overpeck Creek County Park to talk with Derek Rosenfeld about kayaking during the summer, the most ideal time of the year for the activity.  

Derek Rosenfeld reflects on the passing of another Major League Baseball All-Star game, and how it just ain't what it used to be.

In this special follow-up to his two-part series from November, Derek Rosenfeld examines the recent events which led to Atlanta losing its second, and probably last, NHL team.

Derek Rosenfeld visits with Hackensack (NJ) Fire Department Dispatcher Marty Barry to learn about all a firefighter needs to know to begin playing one of the world's most popular leisure sports.

Derek Rosenfeld looks at the similarities between the current NFL labor fight and the sudden backlash against firefighter and other state-level unions.  

The start of the baseball season also signals the start of the softball season. To commemorate this time, Derek Rosenfeld and Coach Jorge Hernandez of the Bergen Community College Bulldogs explain and demonstrate some softball skills and fundamentals for your department's softball team in this repeat article from last year.

In the final installment of his series on the Baseball Hall of Fame, Derek Rosenfeld looks into the most controversial subject surrounding the sport itself.

Derek Rosenfeld discusses the ambiguities that can impact the value of baseball statistics and how sabermetics hopes to rectify these uncertainties when holding them up to the light of the Hall of Fame.