Welcome to week three hundred and fifty-five of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:
- 5 Sport and Human Rights Issues to Look Out For in 2021 (Centre for Sport and Human Rights)
- I flew to Texas to watch bull riding on an aircraft carrier during COVID (Experience)
- NCAA Champion Cheerleader Returns to Racing at Chili Bowl Nationals (MSN/Autoweek)
- From China to Arizona State, Jackson He’s football journey (ESPN)
- Lifelong fan battling cancer in hospice attends game as Browns end 18-year playoff drought (USA Today)
- Running Blind, and Running Free (New York Times)
- The surreal world of sports in 2020 (CNN)
- Her Olympic dream in flux, Jordan Raney embraces the chaos (NBC Sports)
- Zimbabwean teen teaches taekwondo to fight child marriage (AP)
- Jaedyn McKinstry’s inspiring journey from battling cancer to becoming a Division I athlete (The Undefeated)
10+ 2020 on sportanddev: A year in review (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/2020-sportanddev-year-review
‘Outraged’: Football unites to confront discrimination in new UEFA documentary (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/outraged-football-unites-confront-discrimination-new-uefa-documentary
The documentary “Captain Ali”, directed by Kick-Off production and produced by Peace and Sport and MyCoach, is now available in replay! (Peace and Sport)https://www.peace-sport.org/news/the-documentary-captain-ali-directed-by-kick-off-production-and-produced-by-peace-and-sport-and-mycoach-is-now-available-in-replay/
WNBA Continues to set Standards in Athlete Activism (Beyond Sport)http://www.beyondsport.org/articles/wnba-s-lead-activism-social-justice-efforts/
Bring On 2021: Readying to rev up programs (NAYS)https://www.nays.org/blog/bring-on-2021-readying-to-rev-up-programs/
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.
Harnarayan Singh overcomes bullying, racism to live NHL dream | Hockey Culture | NBC Sportshttps://youtu.be/2FMj6RqtOFY
Introduction
As we approached the end of 2020, you may have seen memes and articles professing our “good riddance” of the year that had just passed and our sincere hopes for a brighter 2021. Well, after only 2 weeks of 2021, I have already seen folks, only half-jokingly, say they are folding, giving up on this year and now focused on 2022. Sure, it has not really been the most auspicious start to 2021. While we are encouraged by the rollout of the covid vaccine, we understand that the process will be somewhat long and arduous and we will simultaneously see thousands of our fellow citizens be infected and record numbers passing away. And, of course, last week at the Capitol in Washington, DC we did not see our country’s finest moment. But as I have mentioned before, in more than 8 years, I have never had trouble finding stories to include in the newsletter and that was true this week as well. Actually, there were so many positive stories that we saw our Twitter and Facebook postings surge. That is surely good news. Sports Doing Good from the start intended to bring more attention to good things happening in and around sports. And these good things do occur in the face of these major individual and societal challenges. That is the case this week as we have two stories dealing with individuals with cancer having their own sports dreams come true. We also still have sporting events happening in the face of the pandemic and see athletes reconfiguring their schedules and goals, but not giving up on them, due to the pandemic. And we have this week a number of inspirational stories of first-time successes and cross-sport excellence by a number of athletes. Again, that is something to feel good about. Finally, I’d like to remind you that in the face of challenges, whether our own or that of others, one of the best things we can do is to not “fold,” but rather to act, to do something in furtherance of good. Tomorrow is another opportunity to do that as we take the day to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with service efforts both small and large. I hope that you, as well, find something that moves you to act. Please continue to send along your stories. You’re both our audience and best source of stories.
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Top Stories of the Week
5 Sport and Human Rights Issues to Look Out For in 2021 (Centre for Sport and Human Rights)For full story, please click here.
I flew to Texas to watch bull riding on an aircraft carrier during COVID (Experience)For full story, please click here.
NCAA Champion Cheerleader Returns to Racing at Chili Bowl Nationals (MSN/Autoweek)For full story, please click here.
From China to Arizona State, Jackson He’s football journey (ESPN)For full story, please click here.
Lifelong fan battling cancer in hospice attends game as Browns end 18-year playoff drought (USA Today)For full story, please click here
Running Blind, and Running Free (New York Times)For full story, please click here.
The surreal world of sports in 2020 (CNN)For full story, please click here.
Her Olympic dream in flux, Jordan Raney embraces the chaos (NBC Sports)For full story, please click here.
Zimbabwean teen teaches taekwondo to fight child marriage (AP)For full story, please click here.
Jaedyn McKinstry’s inspiring journey from battling cancer to becoming a Division I athlete (The Undefeated)For full story, please click here.
So enjoy. And have a good week.
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