Welcome to week three hundred and fifty-six of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:
- How Football Helped Heal a Nation (Common Goal)
- Youth Sports Industry Can Prosper If Stakeholders Work Together (Sportico)
- Introducing Willie Cauley-Stein, Mavericks center and painter extraordinaire (ESPN)
- She Thought the Grizzlies Wanted Hiring Advice. They Wanted Her. (NYT)
- Bills fans donate to charity after Ravens QB Lamar Jackson is knocked out of playoff loss (Baltimore Sun)
- America Finally Has a Global Soccer Star (GQ)
- ‘This Means a Lot.’ After Their City Was Battered by Coronavirus, Wuhan’s Soccer Fans Find Redemption (Time)
- The Greatest (Forgotten) Game Ever Played: MLB’s 1970 Exhibition to Honor MLK (SI)
- Nickelodeon’s first NFL playoff game is slime-filled fun (SB Nation)
- Hank Aaron’s lasting impact is measured in more than home runs (ESPN)
10+ Coaching During COVID-19: Tips and Resources (Up2Us Sports)https://www.up2us.org/up2ussportsathome
“It’s A Penalty” Kicks Off Global Campaign to End Human Trafficking (Beyond Sport)http://www.beyondsport.org/articles/it-s-a-penalty-kicks-off-global-campaign-to-end-human-trafficking/
Good news for girls: Skateistan and Be That Girl Foundation are teaming up! (LinkedIn)https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/good-news-girls-skateistan-girl-foundation-teaming-up-percovich/
How the UEFA Foundation for Children has helped over one million children to dream big (Sport and Dev)https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/how-uefa-foundation-children-has-helped-over-one-million-children-dream-big
The Enthusiasm in the Eyes of Refugees in the Za’atari Camp Was Striking (Peace and Sport)https://www.peace-sport.org/opinion/the-enthusiasm-in-the-eyes-of-refugees-in-the-zaatari-camp-was-striking/
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.
NBA players describe what it means to serve the community as they get ready to play on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (ESPN)http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=30715212 OSU walk-on Dee Mitchell earns scholarship after working at Walmart to pay for school (ESPN)http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=30732595
Introduction
I want to start off by referencing my day job, that is of a professor and chairperson in the Sport Management Department at Farmingdale State College (FSC). I am currently in my 11th year at FSC and have very much enjoyed working with wonderful students, faculty and staff alike. My focus, ultimately, is on those students, not only during their time at FSC, but afterwards as well.
Getting a job in sports, and a host of other industries, is tough. Not only do you have to have the right qualifications, there needs to be jobs open, and you need a little luck to be applying when the need is there. With that in mind, I would like to ask those of you who are at companies and organizations that may be looking for quality young people, to let me know and I can try to steer students your way. Believe me, I can’t turn into a full-time recruiter and job matchmaker. However, I can try to help the supply and demand sides of the job equation so that everyone benefits. If you want to send contact information for your HR department instead, that is just as good. Regarding job opportunities that exist or may be coming up, please feel free to email me at sab@sportsdoinggood.com or singhs@farmingdale.edu. Thanks. Most of the articles I feature each issue in the Sports Doing Good newsletter are articles that highlight current news and activity. Occasionally, there is a current article which has an historical angle to it. For example, this week, upon the passing of baseball legend Mr. Henry Aaron, I include an article in which we learn about his life and his accomplishments during and after his career, as well as the major challenges he faced as a Black man in America. For the most part, I knew the story of this incredible man. But I am also including an article about an event that took place more than 50 years that I had no idea about. When I first read the article, I thought it was one of those “imagine if this happened” pieces. Well, the game did happen and what the game represented carried significance then and does all the way to today. I hope that you take a few minutes to read “The Greatest (Forgotten) Game Ever Played: MLB’s 1970 Exhibition to Honor MLK,” published by Sports Illustrated. And I hope that some media company gets a hold of a tape of the game and gives us a modern look at a legendary event. Please continue to send along your stories. You’re both our audience and best source of stories.
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So enjoy. And have a good week.
Top Stories of the Week
How Football Helped Heal a Nation (Common Goal)For full story, please click here.
Youth Sports Industry Can Prosper If Stakeholders Work Together (Sportico)For full story, please click here.
Introducing Willie Cauley-Stein, Mavericks center and painter extraordinaire (ESPN)For full story, please click here.
She Thought the Grizzlies Wanted Hiring Advice. They Wanted Her. (NYT)For full story, please click here.
Bills fans donate to charity after Ravens QB Lamar Jackson is knocked out of playoff loss (Baltimore Sun)For full story, please click here.
America Finally Has a Global Soccer Star (GQ)For full story, please click here.
‘This Means a Lot.’ After Their City Was Battered by Coronavirus, Wuhan’s Soccer Fans Find Redemption (Time)For full story, please click here.
The Greatest (Forgotten) Game Ever Played: MLB’s 1970 Exhibition to Honor MLK (SI)For full story, please click here.
Nickelodeon’s first NFL playoff game is slime-filled fun (SB Nation)For full story, please click here.
Hank Aaron’s lasting impact is measured in more than home runs (ESPN)For full story, please click here.
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| Contact Information Sarbjit “Sab” Singh sab@sportsdoinggood.com 516-287-7141 Associate Professor/ChairpersonSport Management DepartmentFarmingdale State College |
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