Sports Doing Good Newsletter #350

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

  1. How three friends launched a sports newsletter geared to women (The Globe and Mail)
  2. Chess Is Taking Over the Online Video Game World—and Both Are Changing From This Unlikely Pairing (The Conversation)
  3. Going Full-Circle On The Post Sport Journey (Global Sport Matters)
  4. Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus: ‘I’m an athlete, but first I’m a woman, I’m a Black woman’ (CNN)
  5. Why a female athlete should be your next leader (Ernst & Young)
  6. Ralf Rangnick on RB Leipzig’s success and being the godfather of gegenpressing (ESPN)
  7. Iga Swiatek exclusive interview: Meet the teenage star with horizons far beyond the world of tennis (The Telegraph)
  8. At 37, marathon runner Sara Hall is enjoying her sport more than ever (CNN)
  9. How one Georgia Tech assistant helped get Election Day off for all D-I athletes (ESPN)
  10. Baseball’s Black managers are celebrating Dave Roberts’ win and calling for change (Washington Post)

10+   Gender Equality with CONCACAF Women (Coaches Across Continents)https://coachesacrosscontinents.org/gender-equality-with-concacaf-women/ Commonwealth countries adopt statement on promoting human rights through sport (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/commonwealth-countries-adopt-statement-promoting-human-rights-through-sportSport is a remarkable tool for creating social bonds (Peace and Sport)https://www.peace-sport.org/opinion/sport-is-a-remarkable-tool-for-creating-social-bonds/This Article Is Not About Basketball (by Marcus Smart) (The Players Tribune)https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/marcus-smart-nba-boston-celtics-covid-racial-injusticeVideo: Youn – Coach – Laos (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/media/video-youn-coach-laos

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.
The Olympic distance runner who writes and stars in her own films (CNN.com)https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2020/07/21/alexi-pappas-marathon-tokyo-2020-olympics-10k-filmmaker-spt-intl-lon-orig.cnnHow the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team is proving doubters wrong (ESPN)http://www.espn.com/video/clip/clip?id=30227042

Introduction

One of the themes that has organically developed over the time I have done the newsletter deals with the underrepresented or underreported. That is, a person, company, team or league that has done something relatively rare for a particular sport or an area of sport, e.g. charity, philanthropy, marketing, international, etc. It dovetails with something I have a particular fondness for, and that is another “under,” the “underdog.” I love to see people, places, and things grow in prominence and the impact they are having on individuals and the marketplace. Sometimes, these underdogs become the “alpha dog,” the entity that is helping to set the course of activity and development in a particular area. We came across an article about a sports media start-up run by three women – Jacie deHoop, Roslyn McLarty and Ellen Hyslop – in Canada. The Gist was borne, much like many start-ups, out of an apparent need in the marketplace. Actually, the three women themselves were very much the audience they were looking to tap into and grow. And they have done just that. Over the past three years, The Gist has attracted over 100K subscribers, along with a presence on Instagram and a weekly podcast. The emergence of The Gist is not so wholly out of the realm of believability such that I had to feature it. Rather, the company has followed a path that has long existed in the entrepreneurship world and is more recent when it comes to sports business. This convergence of the two worlds is giving us an increasing number of sports technology, media, and even product companies that are changing, for the better, the sports and sports business landscape. I wish these young ladies continued success and believe they will indeed go from “100K subscribers to 1 million” in short order.
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So enjoy. And have a good week.

Top Stories of the Week

How three friends launched a sports newsletter geared to women (The Globe and Mail) For full story, please click here.

Chess Is Taking Over the Online Video Game World—and Both Are Changing From This Unlikely Pairing (The Conversation) For full story, please click here.

Going Full-Circle On The Post Sport Journey (Global Sport Matters)For full story, please click here.

Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus: ‘I’m an athlete, but first I’m a woman, I’m a Black woman’ (CNN) For full story, please click here.


Why a female athlete should be your next leader (Ernst & Young)  For full story, please click here.

Ralf Rangnick on RB Leipzig’s success and being the godfather of gegenpressing (ESPN) For full story, please click here.

Iga Swiatek exclusive interview: Meet the teenage star with horizons far beyond the world of tennis (The Telegraph) For full story, please click here.

At 37, marathon runner Sara Hall is enjoying her sport more than ever (CNN.com)For full story, please click here.

How one Georgia Tech assistant helped get Election Day off for all D-I athletes (ESPN)  For full story, please click here.

Baseball’s Black managers are celebrating Dave Roberts’ win and calling for change (Washington Post)For full story, please click here.

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Associate Professor/ChairpersonSport Management DepartmentFarmingdale State College