December 31, 2023
| Welcome to week four hundred and thirty of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include: 1. The youth soccer coach who’s tearing down barriers in his sport (Washington Post) 2. Hubie Brown, at 90, still going strong on the mic: My Sports Media Person of 2023 (The Athletic) 3. This Olympic gold medalist is providing fan data to the sports industry (Marketing Brew) 4. North Carolina A&T sisters look to spread love of basketball — and lessons — to youth (Andscape) 5. A lifestyle and enduring relationship with horses lends to the popularity of rodeo in Indian Country (AP) 6. From Stanford to Team USA, a water polo dynasty eyes an Olympic four-peat (The Athletic) 7. Former Arizona Cardinals star Anquan Boldin taking on sports charity reform (AZ Central) 8. How J.J. McCarthy’s pregame ritual will help Michigan QB prepare to face Alabama (USA Today) 9. ‘Perfect on the skis’: Mikaela Shiffrin caps record-breaking year with brace of dominant victories (CNN) 10. “If You’re Cynical About That, You’re Watching the Wrong Show”: How Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit Forged the Sweetest Bromance in Sports (GQ Sports) 10+ The Story of a Polish Introvert (by Iga Swiatek) (The Players’ Tribune) https://signature.theplayerstribune.com/iga-swiatek-tennis/p/1 Analysis | Courtside Diplomacy: Bridging Nations through Basketball (Medium) https://medium.com/the-diplomatic-pouch/analysis-courtside-diplomacy-bridging-nations-through-basketball-55183d689773 Fashion or function? How 10 adolescent girls tackled taunts on ‘indecent clothing’ in their community (Sport and Dev) https://www.sportanddev.org/latest/news/fashion-or-function-how-10-adolescent-girls-tackled-taunts-%E2%80%98indecent-clothing%E2%80%99-their New Year, New Opportunities: Expanding Access to Sports for All Youth! (Fight For Children) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-year-opportunities-expanding-access-sports-all-0isoe%3FtrackingId=0c44jEGlPSJFwlVH5CR9bQ%253D%253D/ Beyond Sport Recommends – Holiday Edition ’23 (Beyond Sport) https://beyondsport.org/articles/beyond-sport-recommends-festive-edition-23/ 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. And now we add podcasts! Trailer for new Netflix series Captains of the World has been released and it looks absolutely incredible (SportBible) https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news/world-cup-captains-of-the-world-netflix-messi-569654-20231222 Ryan Atkin talks Rainbow Laces campaign on 10-year anniversary (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2023/12/11/exp-rainbow-laces-campaign-121108aseg1-cnni-sport.cnn Born without legs, Zion Clark is now a wrestler, MMA fighter and Olympic hopeful (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2023/12/07/zion-clark-mma-race-olympics-paralympics-spt-intl.cnn |
| www.loveequals.net Introduction: As we come upon another New Year (Happy New Year to you all by the way), I want to thank everyone for supporting me by being subscribers to the newsletter, occasional content contributors to the newsletter, and for being those who do things to make the sports and sports business worlds better. Sports is big business, no doubt. But I hope we never lose the passion for the essence of sport, whether individual or team sport. It is about challenging oneself and each other to be better, and it is about having fun, getting to escape from our daily work and school obligations, whether we are playing the sport or watching it at the youth, high school, college or professional levels. A new year is also an opportunity for new beginnings and new efforts. A new chapter, if you will. It can be a new chapter in the same book, or a new book. Why not? We are presented with challenges and opportunities daily. Some we have to confront and overcome; others are ones that may be what we have been hoping for all of our lives. Out of the great stories this week, the one I want to highlight involves one of my favorite sports personalities, Hubie Brown. While I don’t go searching for stories that involve people, places and things I know, or am a fan of, it is fun when it happens, and it happened this week with NBA legend Hubie Brown. Three excerpts from the article by Richard Deitsch of The Athletic capture my fondness for Hubie and are relevant as we head into the New Year: “He is the personification of adaptation;” “he personifies not having occupational limits;” and “Hubie is an incredible teammate.” And if you are a basketball fan, maybe nothing captures his breadth of experience and excellence as this rundown of his NBA career: “Brown coached Kareem and Oscar, coached against Kobe and LeBron, and now calls games featuring Giannis and Wembanyama.” In my book, Hubie is in any basketball GOAT discussion. So, as we head into 2024, I wish you all the best, and when things aren’t going perfectly – that will be true for ALL of us – I hope you find the internal strength and have outside support to get by the tough times and that you can adapt, exceed any limits, and be the best teammate possible. 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 The youth soccer coach who’s tearing down barriers in his sport (Washington Post) For full story, please click here. Hubie Brown, at 90, still going strong on the mic: My Sports Media Person of 2023 (The Athletic)For full story, please click here. This Olympic gold medalist is providing fan data to the sports industry (Marketing Brew) For full story, please click here. North Carolina A&T sisters look to spread love of basketball — and lessons — to youth (Andscape) For full story, please click here. A lifestyle and enduring relationship with horses lends to the popularity of rodeo in Indian Country (AP) For full story, please click here. From Stanford to Team USA, a water polo dynasty eyes an Olympic four-peat (The Athletic) For full story, please click here. Former Arizona Cardinals star Anquan Boldin taking on sports charity reform (AZ Central) For full story, please click here. How J.J. McCarthy’s pregame ritual will help Michigan QB prepare to face Alabama (USA Today)For full story, please click here. ‘Perfect on the skis’: Mikaela Shiffrin caps record-breaking year with brace of dominant victories (CNN) For full story, please click here. “If You’re Cynical About That, You’re Watching the Wrong Show”: How Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit Forged the Sweetest Bromance in Sports (GQ Sports) For full story, please click here.? www.loveequals.net |
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