Sports Doing Good Newsletter, #297

Sept. 23 – Oct. 6, 2018

Welcome to issue two hundred and ninety-seven of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:

  1. She Went From a Champion to Being Unable to Walk – Then Returned to Shatter a National Record
  2. Sun Coach Curt Miller Aims for Honesty With Team and Family
  3. ‘The people know that Jose Juan is part of Puerto Rico. He feels it.’
  4. Once homeless, Panthers’ Efe Obada wins NFC defensive player of week
  5. The NYC Marathon Showcases Powerful Stories to Excite Runners and Spectators This Race Season
  6. For Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer, History in the Broadcast Booth
  7. MLB stars lend voices to Shred Hate in bullying prevention month
  8. How the City of Pittsburgh Is Embracing the NFL’s Rooney Rule
  9. Yuki Kawauchi Is Distance Running’s Elite Oddball
  10. Company changing the way fans watch and interact with sports in real-time raises $35M

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A Moment In Time When Ana Met Cafu
https://www.laureus.com/news/moment-time-when-ana-met-cafu
Dads & daughters front UEFA ad push to promote women’s football (Beyond Sport)            http://beyondsport.org/articles/dads-daughters-front-uefa-ad-push-to-promote-womens-football/
Milwaukee … LET’S GOOOOOOOOOO! (by Christian Yelich) (The Players’ Tribune)            https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/christian-yelich-brewers-playoffs
PSD organises mixed gender volleyball tournament in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/psd-organises-mixed-gender-volleyball-tournament-bhubaneswar-odisha
Cricket chiefs aim to reach 1m kids through 2019 World Cup (Beyond Sport)
http://beyondsport.org/articles/cricket-chiefs-aim-to-reach-1m-kids-through-2019-world-cup/

We present again our “Featured Video” offering(s). With the explosion of video content out there highlighting the good in sport, we want to showcase such content for your enjoyment and learning. This will be an ongoing effort.

            Diving For Golf Balls in America’s Most Famous Water Hazard
https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/diving-for-precious-golf-balls-on-america-s-most-famous-hole

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She Went From a Champion to Being Unable to Walk – Then Returned to Shatter a National Record
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/she-went-from-a-champion-to-being-unable-to-walk-then-returned-to-shatter-a-national-record/

Sun Coach Curt Miller Aims for Honesty With Team and Family
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/sports/connecticut-sun-curt-miller-wnba.html

Miller has taken the Sun to the W.N.B.A. playoffs for a second consecutive season. Credit Monica Jorge for The New York Times

‘The people know that Jose Juan is part of Puerto Rico. He feels it.’
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24785945/inside-unique-bond-puerto-rico-native-son-jj-barea-nba

Once homeless, Panthers’ Efe Obada wins NFC defensive player of week
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/amazing-story-homeless-panthers-efe-obada-wins-nfc-defensive-player-week-153737971.html

Carolina Panthers defensive end Efe Obada won NFC defensive player of the week after a big effort in his first NFL game. (AP)

The NYC Marathon Showcases Powerful Stories to Excite Runners and Spectators This Race Season
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/the-nyc-marathon-showcases-powerful-stories-to-excite-runners-and-spectators-this-race-season/

For Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer, History in the Broadcast Booth
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/sports/thursday-night-football-andrea-kremer-hannah-storm.html

Hannah Storm, left, and Andrea Kremer will be the first all-woman booth to call any major men’s team sport. Credit Getty Images

MLB stars lend voices to Shred Hate in bullying prevention month
http://beyondsport.org/articles/mlb-stars-lend-voices-to-shred-hate-in-bullying-prevention-month/

How the City of Pittsburgh Is Embracing the NFL’s Rooney Rule
https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/10/04/nfl-rooney-rule-pittsburgh-art-rooney-bill-peduto

Yuki Kawauchi Is Distance Running’s Elite Oddball
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/sports/yuki-kawauchi-marathon.html

Yuki Kawauchi, the Boston Marathon champion, takes an unusual approach to his sport, including training as he commutes to his regular job at a school in Kuki, Japan. Credit Shiho Fukada for The New York Times

Company changing the way fans watch and interact with sports in real-time raises $35M
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/02/heed-softbank/

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