Dec. 30, 2018 – Jan. 26, 2019

Welcome to issue three hundred and four of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:

1. UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi rediscovers joy via her viral floor routines and poetry (LA Daily News)
2. Kevin Durant to Open ‘The Durant Center’ After-School Educational Facility in His Hometown (Sports Illustrated)
3. Robert Kraft teams with Jay-Z, Meek Mill in starting criminal justice reform organization (USA Today)
4. Football clubs to tackle reoffending through prison programme (SportBusiness)
5. With Harvard as the Backdrop, NBA Players Learn Business from the Best and Brightest (Sports Illustrated)
6. Nick Foles And Other Eagles Support Clothing Company Just Because They Want To (Forbes)
7. Maori’s moment: The inside story of a star player’s triumphant return (ESPNW)
8. The Harden experience is unprecedented and undeniable (ESPN)
9. Ellis Wyms Believes Athletes Can Inspire Students to Learn Computer Science (SportTechie)
10. The Most Radical Sports Film I’ve Ever Seen (Vulture)

10+
After the Quake (Iwaki FC) (The Players’ Tribune)
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/iwaki-fc-after-the-quake
Chicago Coaches Help Young Athletes Navigate Waters (Up2Us Sports)
https://www.up2us.org/blog/2018/11/30/chicago-training-center-coaches-help-young-athletes-navigate-waters
Skateistan Launches Online Toolkit for Community Skate Projects (Beyond Sport)
www.beyondsport.org/articles/skateistan-launches-online-toolkit-for-community-skate-projects/
The once in a lifetime chance to build a new sport the right way
https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/once-lifetime-chance-build-new-sport-right-way
Laureus World Sports Awards – 2019 Nominees Revealed (Laureus)
https://laureus.com/news/2019-nominees-revealed

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.

Remember the Name (Joao Felix) (The Players Tribune)
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/remember-the-name-joao-felix

Introduction
Most of us find enjoyment in the sports and activities in which we participate. And that is just part of the attraction. We also often have special feelings of accomplishment, fulfillment, and connection with others. But what happens when the opportunity to participate is taken away, or at the very least changed to such a degree that you no longer find that joy in participation anymore? We have two stories this week that speak to that idea, two young female student-athletes, who through introspection and some unyielding determination, were able to rediscover the joy in the sports they love. One of the stories went viral (gymnast Katelyn Ohashi), the other less know but no less significant (basketball player Maori Davenport).

The other stories we are happy to feature include: Kevin Durant opening up an education center in his hometown; sports and entertainment figures joining together to address the major challenge of criminal justice reform in the U.S.; football clubs in England working with prisons and other organizations to positively impact their prison population; a special educational opportunity at Harvard University for professional athletes; some NFL players from the Philadelphia Eagles supporting a budding entrepreneur; the amazing James Harden of the NBA’s Houston Rockets; former NFL player Ellis Wyms and his efforts to get athletes to motivate students to take up study of computer science; and a look at the attention-grabbing film, High Flying Bird.

UPCOMING EVENT: The Power of Sport and Diplomacy, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, New York City
http://www.cvent.com/events/the-power-of-sport-and-diplomacy/event-summary-8adb36f12af947de9d49ae6b245f11e7.aspx

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UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi rediscovers joy via her viral floor routines and poetry (LA Daily News)
https://www.dailynews.com/2019/01/17/ucla-gymnast-katelyn-ohashi-rediscovers-joy-via-her-viral-floor-routines-and-poetry/

Kevin Durant to Open ‘The Durant Center’ After-School Educational Facility in His Hometown (Sports Illustrated)
https://www.si.com/nba/2019/01/23/kevin-durant-center-opening-after-school-educational-facility-inagural-class-prince-george-county

Robert Kraft teams with Jay-Z, Meek Mill in starting criminal justice reform organization (USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2019/01/23/nfl-robert-kraft-jay-z-meek-mill-reform-alliance/2660470002/

Football clubs to tackle reoffending through prison programme (SportBusiness)
https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/football-clubs-to-tackle-reoffending-through-prison-programme/

With Harvard as the Backdrop, NBA Players Learn Business from the Best and Brightest (Sports Illustrated)
https://www.si.com/nba/2019/01/02/nba-harvard-celtics-heat-nets-spencer-dinwiddie-dwyane-wade

Nick Foles And Other Eagles Support Clothing Company Just Because They Want To (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/setheverett/2019/01/10/nick-foles-and-other-eagles-support-clothing-company-just-because-they-want-to/#457b20a1569f

Maori’s moment: The inside story of a star player’s triumphant return (ESPNW)
http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/25770824/maori-moment-story-star-player-triumphant-return

The Harden experience is unprecedented and undeniable (ESPN)
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25714487/james-harden-dominance-unprecedented-undeniable

Ellis Wyms Believes Athletes Can Inspire Students to Learn Computer Science (SportTechie)
https://www.sporttechie.com/ellis-wyms-believes-athletes-can-inspire-students-computer-science/

The Most Radical Sports Film I’ve Ever Seen (Vulture)
https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/steven-soderbergh-high-flying-bird.html