February 11, 2024
Welcome to week four hundred and thirty-three of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include: 1. Apple CEO Tim Cook and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Talk Vision Pro: “This Changes Everything” (The Hollywood Reporter) 2. Color of Hockey: Keefer took winding road to getting on ice for Army (NHL) 3. Texas’ Friday Night Lights through the lens of photographer Nash Pils (ESPN) 4. The Soccer Effect: How The USL Kicks Off Economic Development In Small And Midsize Cities (Community Playmaker) 5. After the exodus: How soccer is fueling Oakland’s sporting rebirth (The Score) 6. New over-35s World Cup is being held in England this summer with some absolute legends taking part (SportBible) 7. Endless Range, Boundless Swagger: Why Caitlin Clark Is Different (New York Times) 8. The next goal: chasing the full potential of sport for good (Ashoka) 9. 24 years ago, he played in a Super Bowl as a player. Now, Terry Killens is making history as an official (CNN) 10. The Biden-?Harris Administration Announces Historic Partnership with Major Sports Leagues and Players Unions (White House) 10+ FIBA proud to celebrate very special first World Basketball Day (Sport and Dev) https://www.sportanddev.org/latest/news/fiba-proud-celebrate-very-special-first-world-basketball-day FIBA Foundation Youth Leadership Program 2023 Recap: A Year of Many Milestones (FIBA) https://fibafoundation.basketball/news/fiba-foundation-youth-leadership-program-2023-recap-year-many-milestones Call For Inputs From Stakeholders For 2024 Secretary General’s Report On Sport (Sport and Dev) https://www.sportanddev.org/latest/news/call-inputs-stakeholders-2024-secretary-general%E2%80%99s-report-sport How the Homeless World Cup Fosters Community (Medium) https://medium.com/change-maker/how-the-homeless-world-cup-fosters-community-a64f95299567 How Parents are Supporting Children’s Learning and Development with Play (Right to Play) https://righttoplay.com/en/news/play-to-grow/ We present 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! Mapping It Out: Zayne Parekh’s Family Journey Is Fueling His Hockey Dream (SportsNet) https://youtu.be/_EO5YaLM_yk?feature=shared What Is The Real Beauty Of Sport?: Matthew Syed (The Life Lessons Podcast) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-is-the-real-beauty-of-sport-matthew-syed/id1564063336?i=1000642424593 Dwyane Wade talks life after NBA, new podcast, Oscar nom (Today) https://youtu.be/qQwMPUeB2fI?feature=shared ??????? ? of Champions of #MadeinItaly (Felipe Anderson) https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/1753040513757003894?s=20 |
| www.loveequals.net Introduction: Today’s big game, Super Bowl LVIII, is the culmination of a journey, seemingly a season’s long journey for both teams, but probably an even longer one for the players. The journey from youth sports to high school and college football, and then the NFL. At any of these steps in the journey, things could have gone differently, and today’s Super Bowl participants could instead be sitting at home or in a bar and watching the game with the rest of us. As fans we are witness to the greatness of athletes during games, including these championship games, but for a long time, the “process” was somewhat of a mystery to us. How does someone get so good that they are even considered to be a high school, college or pro athlete? This week in the Sports Doing Good newsletter, a majority of the stories have that “journey” idea at their foundation, including one of the videos, highlighting youth hockey star Zayne Parekh and his family’s international journey, from India and South Korea to Germany and England, and then to Canada. As it says in the video, it was “a journey of migration driven by sacrifice.” As fans, we have fortunately been treated to more and more stories, whether articles, books, feature films, documentaries, or “behind the scenes” shows, about the process individuals and groups go through to reach their goals. Many of you, as parents, have been VERY involved in making such journeys possible for your kids, whether taking them to practices and games, many times not a short distance away. There are also the financial challenges families must endure to make sports, which can be such an amazing source of personal development and learning, even possible for a little while. Individual and team success is not always about capability, it is about accessibility. And that concept is at the heart of another story we highlight this week, this one involving professional leagues and players’ associations and their heightened commitment to making sports available to as many people, especially the young, as possible. From the article, “Fourteen sports leagues and players associations have signed agreements with the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to expand access to physical activity, integrate messaging and education around nutrition, and promote healthy lifestyles to the millions of people who engage in their programs every year.” I am very encouraged by this renewed partnership amongst leagues and the government to provide opportunities to people all around the country. It greatly increases the odds that we will do better as individuals, families, and communities. As the saying goes, and as will be evident later today, “it takes a village” to raise a champion. 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 Apple CEO Tim Cook and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Talk Vision Pro: “This Changes Everything” (The Hollywood Reporter) For full story, please click here. Color of Hockey: Keefer took winding road to getting on ice for Army (NHL) For full story, please click here. Texas’ Friday Night Lights through the lens of photographer Nash Pils (ESPN) For full story, please click here. The Soccer Effect: How The USL Kicks Off Economic Development In Small And Midsize Cities (Community Playmaker) For full story, please click here. After the exodus: How soccer is fueling Oakland’s sporting rebirth (The Score) For full story, please click here. New over-35s World Cup is being held in England this summer with some absolute legends taking part (SportBible) For full story, please click here. Endless Range, Boundless Swagger: Why Caitlin Clark Is Different (New York Times) For full story, please click here. The next goal: chasing the full potential of sport for good (Ashoka) For full story, please click here. 24 years ago, he played in a Super Bowl as a player. Now, Terry Killens is making history as an official (CNN) For full story, please click here. The Biden-?Harris Administration Announces Historic Partnership with Major Sports Leagues and Players Unions (White House) For full story, please click here. |
| More About Us: Our mission is to have Sport Doing Good be a consistent, and significant, contributor to the areas of sports, social responsibility and development. We look forward to partnering with other stakeholders in producing content, in creating and/or sponsoring athletic and service events, knowledge sharing, and conferences/seminars, and even having a commercial arm that could be the source of innovative social businesses.We invite you to send in news, press releases, and guest pieces for possible publication, and email us with suggestions about the content and format of the newsletter and Sports Doing Good website. |
| Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarbjit “Sab” Singh sab@sportsdoinggood.com 516-287-7141 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Recent Comments