Welcome to week three hundred and forty-four of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:
- Sports Have Been on Pause. It’s Time for a Reboot. (New York Times)
- Chris Richards’ journey from Dallas to Munich: ‘I knew I’d be balling at Bayern’ (Yahoo! Sports)
- From Olympic medalist to MLB infielder: How speedskater Eddy Alvarez made it to The Show (ESPN)
- How Carson Pickett teamed up with Nike to create one of the world’s most accessible soccer cleats (CBSSports)
- Tracksmith Wants to Pay You to Make Running-Related Art (Runners World)
- ‘There was no Plan B’: How Pete Alonso overcame bullies to become a big league superstar (ESPN)
- Naomi and Mari Osaka on Fashion in Tennis and Their New Charity Face Masks (Vogue)
- World Baseball Classic Moved By MLB and Union To 2023 With 20-Team Field (Sportico)
- Chiefs’ Travis Kelce Buys Building to Help Inner-City Students Practice STEM (Bleacher Report)
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater renames the mute grab to honor deaf skater who created it (CNN)
10+Call for articles: Sport and refugees (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/call-articles-sport-and-refugees Allie LaForce: Lifetime love of the game (NAYS)https://nays.org/sklive/features/lifetime-love-of-the-game/ Comic Relief, Z Zurich Foundation, & Chivas Join Sport for Good Response Fund (Beyond Sport)
http://www.beyondsport.org/press-releases/sport-for-good-response-fund-supports-organisations-across-18-countries/ Peace and Sport becomes the Charity Partner of International Canoe Federation’s Paddle Challenge (Peace and Sport)https://www.peace-sport.org/news/peace-and-sport-becomes-the-charity-partner-of-international-canoe-federations-paddle-challenge/ Anything Can Happen (by Marcelo Guedes) (The Players’ Tribune)https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/marcelo-guedes-lyon-champions-league Coach Kelli: Facilitating Healing and Wellness Through Sports (Up2Us Sports)https://www.up2us.org/blog/2020/8/4/coach-kelli-facilitating-healing-and-wellness-through-sports 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.
Changing the Game for Women in Esports (Great Big Story)https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/asterisk-is-changing-the-game-in-esports/
Introduction
As hard as it may seem, sports, as we have long thought of them, will return, admittedly with some alterations. And things will actually get better. We have seen signs of it with the NWSL having a terrific end-of-season tournament, the NBA bubble populated with some amazing performances, and various leagues taking on a more pronounced position when it comes to issues of importance to their players, fans, and other constituent partners. One story that I feature this week combines the realities of the negative impact of the pandemic but with a little bit of good news thrown in as well. I have been a fan of the World Baseball Classic from its inception in 2006. I loved the idea of an effort trying to highlight the excellence of a sport while also growing the game on a global basis. Well, instead of seeing the WBC in 2021 as scheduled, the event is being moved to 2023. While the delay is disappointing, the fact that the tournament will now feature 20 teams versus 16 in 2017 is promising. More teams brings more attention to the sport in different parts of the world, planting the seed for development at the elite level and maybe even more importantly, at the youth level. The other stories I am happy to feature include: ideas to help the sports world come out of this major interruption better than before; emerging U.S. soccer star Chris Richards and his journey to Germany; the incredibly rare story of a non-baseball playing Olympian ending up in Major League Baseball; how Nike and women’s pro soccer player Carson Pickett partnered up to create revolutionary soccer cleats; apparel brand Tracksmith and its unique fellowship program in support of running-related art; New York Mets superstar Pete Alsonso and his battle to become a professional baseball player; Naomi and Mari Osaka on fashion in tennis and their new charity face masks; a major, tangible contribution by Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro Travis Kelce to STEM learning in his community; and an awesome move by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk to recognize Chris Weddle, another special, innovative athlete in his world.
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Top Stories of the Week
Sports Have Been on Pause. It’s Time for a Reboot. (New York Times) For full story, please click here.
Chris Richards’ journey from Dallas to Munich: ‘I knew I’d be balling at Bayern’ (Yahoo! Sports) For full story, please click here.
From Olympic medalist to MLB infielder: How speedskater Eddy Alvarez made it to The Show (ESPN) For full story, please click here.
How Carson Pickett teamed up with Nike to create one of the world’s most accessible soccer cleats (CBSSports) For full story, please click here.
Tracksmith Wants to Pay You to Make Running-Related Art (Runners World) For full story, please click here.
‘There was no Plan B’: How Pete Alonso overcame bullies to become a big league superstar (ESPN) For full story, please click here.
Naomi and Mari Osaka on Fashion in Tennis and Their New Charity Face Masks (Vogue) For full story, please click here.
World Baseball Classic Moved By MLB and Union To 2023 With 20-Team Field (Sportico) For full story, please click here.
Chiefs’ Travis Kelce Buys Building to Help Inner-City Students Practice STEM (Bleacher Report) For full story, please click here.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater renames the mute grab to honor deaf skater who created it (CNN)For full story, please click here.
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