In the wake of the recent tragedy in which the racing world lost one of our champions, IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon, my inbox has been flooded with messages from people I know personally -- as well as others I don't -- asking me to reconsider ever setting foot...
Posted September 14, 2011 | 23:08:05 (EST)
I am happy to report another day of peace at the cove. No blood was shed in these waters today. In fact, since Sept 7, the day they slaughtered the first pod of Risso's dolphins -- there has been no killing. They did capture of a large pod of bottlenose...
Posted October 15, 2010 | 14:49:23 (EST)
I am currently in the little town with the really big secret: Taiji, Japan, made famous by the Academy Award winning documentary The Cove . I am here as a volunteer for Save Japan Dolphins and Earth Island Institute. This is my second trip here since the killing season began...
Posted September 30, 2010 | 08:36:44 (EST)
As a race-car driver and a veteran of the Iraq War, it may seem like we do not have a lot in common... but we have found a mission that we need to work together on. Each day we are disturbed to watch as more than $1 billion is sent...
Posted August 26, 2010 | 06:03:48 (EST)
There are many recorded incidents of dolphins saving human lives throughout history. This Saturday, I am going to Japan to try to return the favor.
A little over a year ago while traveling, I ordered a movie called The Cove in a hotel room. Since...
Posted July 23, 2010 | 13:39:55 (EST)
I am back home from my second trip to Louisiana since the oil spill. This time I was joined by other professional athletes to take a tour of the massive environmental catastrophe that is the Gulf oil disaster. Having been there before, I can tell you from experience that until...
Posted June 10, 2010 | 13:41:15 (EST)
With dead dolphins washing up on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, wouldn't it be great if you knew you could help save a few? Thirteen, to be exact.
If you have seen the Oscar winning documentary The Cove then you already understand the direct connection between dolphin...
Posted May 24, 2010 | 14:09:45 (EST)
After spending a week in Venice, Louisiana getting an up close view of the BP gulf coast oil spill disaster, talking with locals whose livelihoods are over, and seeing dead wildlife, I am trying my best to look at the positive side. Keep in mind that I just got off...
Posted August 11, 2008 | 15:16:33 (EST)
The latest issue of ESPN the Magazine describes me as "an oxymoron: a tree hugging race car driver." I am an avid environmentalist -- I have a degree in biology, I am a former volunteer of a wildlife rehabilitation center and a long time vegetarian. I recently became politically active...

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