Aug. 11 – Aug. 24, 2024
Welcome to issue four hundred and forty-six of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:

1. Paris 2024: Record-breaking Olympic Games on and off the field (IOC/LinkedIn)
2. How ’Muffin Man’ and Other Olympians Became Online Stars (Sportico)
3. The Olympics needed a reset. Merci to Paris for providing it. (Washington Post)
4. Jason Kidd and Jaylen Brown Announce The XChange, A National Strategy To Bridge The Racial Wealth Gap (PR Newswire)
5. Climate solidarity and nature regeneration on the agenda at Paris 2024 (The Sustainability Report)
6. The Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra Bromance (The Juggernaut)
7. 10 Moments of Beauty at the Paris Olympics (New York Times)
8. No One Explained a 401(k) Until He Reached the NFL. So He Started Putting His Money to Work — and Helping Others Do the Same. (Entrepreneur)
9. Olympian Marcus Daniell Shows Athletes Can Help Improve The World (Forbes)
10. Meet the NFL Equipment Manager Coaching in the Little League World Series (Front Office Sports)


10+
Spanish star Badosa serves up inspiration for young people at Laureus programme ahead of US Open (Laureus)
https://www.laureus.com/news/spanish-star-badosa-serves-up-inspiration-for-young-people-at-laureus-programme-ahead-of-us-open
Heung-Min Son takes part in the seoul 2024 #passforhome challenge: “Let’s all make an impact together!” (Homeless World Cup)
https://www.homelessworldcup.org/news/heung-min-son-supports-seoul-2024-homeless-world-cup
Olympics: Overturn Athlete’s Disqualification for Speaking Out (Sports Rights Alliance)
https://sportandrightsalliance.org/olympics-overturn-athletes-disqualification-for-speaking-out/
Using Sport to Empower Communities in the West Bank and Gaza (Sport and Dev)
https://www.sportanddev.org/latest/news/using-sport-empower-communities-west-bank-and-gaza
Pitch 2 Progress: Shaping Positive Futures for Young People in Birmingham (Beyond Sport)
https://beyondsport.org/articles/pitch-2-progress-shaping-positive-and-healthy-futures-for-young-people-in-birmingham/


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Paris 2024 Olympic Games report card – from The Sports Ambassador
https://youtu.be/bSz2kBtcJOo?si=yBQ_CDOkmpcfLqfL
Introduction
As expected, I went through some pretty serious Olympics withdrawal the past two weeks. I do include some stories this week that touch upon the amazing Paris Games which I hope will spark some great memories for you, as they did for me. I will admit that since the Olympics I have watched daily Steph Curry’s 4-three pointers in the gold medal men’s basketball game, as well as Alex Sedrick’s full-field sprint in the bronze medal women’s rugby sevens match. Yes, both are hyperlinked here!

I really believe these might have been the greatest Olympics ever, or at least, the Olympics we needed the most. Coming off the pandemic during which we had a fan-less Olympics (I do hope Tokyo gets another shot at hosting), I kind of had to remind myself why I love the Olympics so much and why their rebirth in 1896 is one of the best things humans have ever done. What other time do we get the “parade of nations” (this time on boats!)? What about the celebrations of not just gold medal winners, but the silver and definitely the bronze medal winners? Each athlete at the Games had their own goals and for some, representing the country with their very best effort was it, and that was enough for me.

So, we have Los Angeles in 2028. I loved the transition from Paris to LA – thank you Tom Cruise? – and the mini-concerts with some of SoCals greatest performers. I hope that we continue to support athletes at every level, so that future generations will also have a chance to shine on the global stage. So, attend youth sports events, watch volleyball and water polo at the college level, and pay attention to some of the new efforts to showcase track & field’s best (e.g. Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track league; Alexis Ohanian’s 776 Invitational). Let’s keep up the energy all the way to LA.

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Paris 2024: Record-breaking Olympic Games on and off the field (IOC/LinkedIn)
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7228440128514396160/

How ’Muffin Man’ and Other Olympians Became Online Stars (Sportico)
https://www.sportico.com/personalities/athletes/2024/2024-olympics-best-tiktok-content-village-1234792983/

The Olympics needed a reset. Merci to Paris for providing it. (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/11/paris-olympics-reboot/

Jason Kidd and Jaylen Brown Announce The XChange, A National Strategy To Bridge The Racial Wealth Gap (PR Newswire)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jason-kidd-and-jaylen-brown-announce-the-xchange-a-national-strategy-to-bridge-the-racial-wealth-gap-302219210.html

Climate solidarity and nature regeneration on the agenda at Paris 2024 (The Sustainability Report)
https://sustainabilityreport.com/2024/08/08/climate-solidarity-and-nature-regeneration-on-the-agenda-at-paris-2024/

The Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra Bromance (The Juggernaut)
https://www.thejuggernaut.com/arshad-nadeem-neeraj-chopra-olympics-india-partition

10 Moments of Beauty at the Paris Olympics (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/style/olympics-beautiful-moments.html

No One Explained a 401(k) Until He Reached the NFL. So He Started Putting His Money to Work — and Helping Others Do the Same. (Entrepreneur)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/money-finance/a-former-nfl-player-reveals-how-to-tackle-personal-finance/478302

Olympian Marcus Daniell Shows Athletes Can Help Improve The World (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/vitascarosella/2024/08/14/olympian-marcus-daniell-shows-athletes-can-help-improve-the-world/

Meet the NFL Equipment Manager Coaching in the Little League World Series (Front Office Sports)
https://frontofficesports.com/nfl-raiders-coach-little-league-world-series/

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