Tony Leonardo has been writing about Ultimate since 1996 and is the co-author of Ultimate: The First Four Decades (2005) and author of Ultimate: The Greatest Sport Ever Invented By Man (2008). He founded the University of Notre Dame team in 1991 and and won a gold medal playing for Team USA Masters at the 2011 World Championships of Beach Ultimate. He is also known as a broadcast commentator for Paganello (2004-7, 2009), Club Worlds in Prague (2010) the World Games in Cali, Colombia (2013) and as the color commentator for the MLU’s Eastern Conference (2013, 2014).

World Games Profile: Canada

by July 22, 2013, 3:46pm 0

CLUB & COUNTRY EXPERIENCE: Canada has long been one of the elite countries exercising dominance on the world stage after breaking through with the gold medal at the inaugural appearance…

World Games Profile: Australia

by July 22, 2013, 3:36pm 0

CLUB & COUNTRY EXPERIENCE: This is a veteran-heavy Australian team that will carry more experience on the big international stage than any team in attendance including USA, Japan and Canada….

World Games Profile: Great Britain

by July 19, 2013, 10:45am 0

The following piece is part of a series of profiles prepared for the World Flying Disc Federation. PROFILE The GB team is a mix of the old and the new…

World Games Profile: USA

by July 19, 2013, 10:34am 0

The following piece is part of a series of profiles prepared for the World Flying Disc Federation. WORLD GAMES CHALLENGES and OPPORTUNITIES Like most teams, the United States is looking…

World Games Profile: Japan

by July 18, 2013, 10:31am 0

The following piece is part of a series of profiles prepared for the World Flying Disc Federation. Team Profile: Japan “Hayate” swift wind “Japanese teams have been steadily growing to…

Dan “Stork” Roddick on College Ultimate

by November 27, 2012, 11:42pm 0

Dan “Stork” Roddick is a long-time disc sport champion and organizer in both the U.S. and internationally. Stork was an early star of the game of Ultimate with college champion…

Mixed Easterns 2012: Recap

by June 4, 2012, 9:46pm 0

Mixed Easterns was the last big Northeast tournament before the USAU rostering deadline and new “This Time It Counts!®” regular season. As such, a bit of a grab bag. There…

Skyd Power Rankings: Club Masters (10/11/11)

by October 11, 2011, 3:00am 0

With the Club Championships field set, these Power Rankings look at the teams still in contention for gold in Sarasota, and orders them according to ability, performance and x-factors. These…

WCBU 2011: Mixed Preview (SOTG)

by August 23, 2011, 4:00am 0

Seeding, predicting or handicapping the Mixed division in any tournament is a fool’s game. Make it an international beach tournament and your guess is as good as mine. Furthermore the…

WCBU 2011: Women’s Preview

by August 22, 2011, 10:21am 0

Seeded first yet having missed the gold in Brazil, USA looks strong despite losing top scorer and defender from WCBU2007, Becca Tucker. USA filled her spot effectively with a bevy…