Category Archives: Sports and Social Responsibility

Miami Heat's Udonis Haslem will visit Jamaica on goodwill mission

The full article can be seen at http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/basketball/story/1172737.html with an excerpt provided below. (Excerpt) BY FABIAN LYON,flyon@MiamiHerald.com Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem on Thursday will visit Jamaica on a four-day…

Barca shows up…again

From GOAL, the New York Times Soccer Blog. The full article can be found at http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/barca-promotes-fight-against-malaria/?scp=1&sq=barcelona%20malaria%20no%20more&st=cse with an excerpt provided below. Barca Promotes Fight Against Malaria Aug. 3, 2009, by…

Homeless soccer players compete in Street Soccer USA Cup, San Francisco takes title

From AP. Aug. 2, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) – Homeless people from across the country competed this weekend in the Street Soccer USA Cup with a team from San Francisco taking…

Another MLB team, another week of high-profile charity

Hopefully this will become a trend. Following in the footsteps of the Yankees’ HOPE Week initiatives, the Chicago White Sox are holding a week of fundraising activities, starting today and…

2009 Basketball Without Borders Asia tour in Beijing

The full article can be found at http://www.chinanewswire.com/pr/200908051146441101, with additional pictures at http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90783/91323/6714847.html. Excerpt below, along with a picture of fellow Hoya, Dikembe Mutombo. Nice! NBA player Dikembe Mutombo (R)…

UNICEF and MLS extend relationship

The full release, copied below, can also be seen at http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/us-fund-for-unicef-and,913135.shtml. To see other MLS W.O.R.K.S. projects, please visit http://web.mlsnet.com/mls/programs/mls_works/. NEW YORK, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Fund for…

It Takes a Village… – Boston rallies for high school sports

Bob Hohler of the Boston Globe writes about an innovative, broad-based initiative called the Boston Scholar Athlete Program that will include financial and other support from foundations, corporations, and academic…

Current NFLer reaches out to his predecessors

Cincinnati Bengals kicker Shayne Graham is starting a program to provide free health care services to retired NFL players. You can read an article about it at http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090715/SPT02/307140077/1066/Graham+reaches+out+to+players with an…

Chicago Fire Soccer in the Community Update

Last week the MLS’s Chicago Fire had several in a long line of community outreach events in the Chicagoland area. To see a listing of the schedule, please visit  http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3876222….

Johann Olav Koss and Right to Play

By REUTERS Published: July 30, 2009 Koss Still the Boss in Charity Role LONDON (Reuters) – Where once he was storming his way to Olympic gold medals, he now heads…