Welcome to week three hundred and fifty-two of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:
- How Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke went from the USWNT to the front lines of COVID-1 (LA Times)
- A Quarterback With N.F.L. Potential Pledges to an H.B.C.U., Joining a Trend (New York Times)
- Former NBA lottery pick saw wave of Nigerian players coming (AP/Yahoo)
- Brandon Bellamy buys into one city’s vision (Sports Business Daily)
- In Stuttgart’s Matarazzo, U.S. soccer already has a coach in charge of one of Europe’s great clubs (ESPN)
- US swimmer Caeleb Dressel breaks two world records in one hour (CNN)
- How Adam Wainwright’s love for fantasy football has benefited more than 30 charities (ESPN)
- The Rise of the Bellarmine Knights: How a Hometown Hero Built a Division I Basketball Program (SI)
- How Deshaun Watson is finding inspiration amid chaotic season (The Undefeated)
- NBA players hailed by pope at Vatican for demanding justice (AP News)
10+ The power of sport for inclusion: Including persons with disabilities in sport (Hums and Wolff) (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/power-sport-inclusion-including-persons-disabilities-sport
Sport and livelihoods: An introduction to the special issue (Journal of Sport for Development)https://jsfd.org/2020/11/27/sport-and-livelihoods-an-introduction-to-the-special-issue/
European policies to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities in sport: The Erasmus programme opportunity (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/european-policies-promote-inclusion-persons-disabilities-sport-erasmus-programme
Using Sports To Address Taboo Topics—Like Sexual and Reproductive Health—in Tanzania (Beyond Sport)https://msmagazine.com/2020/12/01/world-aids-day-using-sports-to-address-taboo-topicslike-sexual-and-reproductive-healthin-tanzania/
The nominees of the 2020 PEACE AND SPORT AWARDS are revealed! (Peace and Sport)https://www.peace-sport.org/news/the-nominees-of-the-2020-peace-and-sport-awards-are-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.
The 2020 Courageous Use of Sport Award Winners supported by WWE (Beyond Sport)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82mwPUZtALI&feature=youtu.be
| Introduction I’d like to start with a special offer for you, the readers of the SDG newsletter. For my side effort, apparel brand Love Equals (www.loveequals.net), I am offering a 20% discount on all orders of $50 or more for the rest of 2020. The discount code is SDG20. One of the themes that has come up over the years in the SDG newsletter is “second acts.” That is, athletes, whether professional or even collegiate, who have found joy, and often success, in a new venture or role in their lives. We have had athletes who have become entrepreneurs, investors, business executives, lawyers, actors, actresses, even opera singers! Another profession that has had its fair share of one-time athletes is healthcare, including doctors and nurses. In light of what we as individuals and society have gone through this year and will continue to go through, we hold up these front-line individuals as heroes, risking their lives in service of others (shout out, of course, to all frontline folks such as delivery persons, grocery store workers, etc.) The demands of having to be an expert at your craft, having to work in a team setting, and working under extreme pressure, are just a few shared elements by athletes and healthcare workers. We start off this week’s stories with a look at former USWNT star Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke. Rachel’s story, in a way, sounds familiar, in that her ascent to physician did not start after she was done playing, but before. It started with her being a human biology major at Stanford University and it continued with her studying for the MCATs while on the national soccer team. And then medical school came after she formally ended her time on the national team. Rachel’s time as a physician has her utilizing many of the skills and the disciplined approach to things she had as a professional athlete. It is all about serving and supporting others. Her former teammate Christie (Rampone) Pearce, seemed to capture her essence when she said, ““It’s not about you, it’s about everybody else. That’s what Rachel is all about. She’s all about everybody else and making those around her better and stronger.” Another great part of Rachel’s “second act” is that it is not just one act. In addition to being a doctor, which surely could be enough, she is also part of the investment group behind Angel City, the NWSL expansion franchise that is scheduled to begin play in 2022. So soccer and sports will continue to have a place in her life, for sure. Finally, I also want to send one more reminder about a virtual movie premiere presented by Hoops for Hope. “Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters,” will have a two-night premiere, December 5th and 6th. The premiere will be free of charge and include an expert panel discussion entitled “How Basketball Can Change the World.” http://hoopsafrica.org/movie/ Please continue to send along your stories. You’re both our audience and best source of stories. Our Twitter handle is @sportsdoinggood, and you can find us at www.facebook.com/sportsdoinggood and on Instagram.Finally, if you think others would like to receive the newsletter, please feel free to forward it on or have them contact us directly at sab@sportsdoinggood.com. (If you do not want to receive the newsletter anymore you can use the Unsubscribe button at the end of the email) So enjoy. And have a good week. |
Top Stories of the Week
How Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke went from the USWNT to the front lines of COVID-1 (LA Times)For full story, please click here.
A Quarterback With N.F.L. Potential Pledges to an H.B.C.U., Joining a Trend (New York Times)For full story, please click here.
Former NBA lottery pick saw wave of Nigerian players coming (AP/Yahoo)For full story, please click here.
Brandon Bellamy buys into one city’s vision (Sports Business Daily)For full story, please click here.
In Stuttgart’s Matarazzo, U.S. soccer already has a coach in charge of one of Europe’s great clubs (ESPN)For full story, please click here.
US swimmer Caeleb Dressel breaks two world records in one hour (CNN)For full story, please click here.
How Adam Wainwright’s love for fantasy football has benefited more than 30 charities (ESPN)For full story, please click here.
The Rise of the Bellarmine Knights: How a Hometown Hero Built a Division I Basketball Program (SI)For full story, please click here.
How Deshaun Watson is finding inspiration amid chaotic season (The Undefeated) For full story, please click here.
NBA players hailed by pope at Vatican for demanding justice (AP News)For full story, please click here.
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