Aug. 25 – Sept. 7, 2024
Welcome to issue four hundred and forty-seven of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:

1. The Wildly Successful Paralympics TikTok Account Isn’t What You Think (Front Office Sports)
2. How to Start a Professional Sports Team, Win Games, and Save the Town (The Ringer)
3. Paul Skenes Is a Heroic Figure in Baseball’s Antiheroic Age (New Yorker)
4. Masai Russell: An Olympic Champion Who Leaped Into The History Books (Essence)
5. Christen Press’ transformative journey back from injury (ESPN)
6. Driven by the loss of his mentor, Naz Reid made the fight against cancer personal (The Athletic)
7. How Moody made global impact at Basketball Without Borders Africa (Favorito/NBC Sports)
8. ESPN8 The Ocho Like Network Raises $4.2mm to Expand Production, Power Monetization (JohnWall Street)
9. For Paralympian Ezra Frech, normalizing disability is his ultimate gold medal (LA Times)
10. How Paralympic swimmer Ali Truwit recovered from a shark attack (ESPN)


10+
International Disability Inclusion Conference: Harnessing the transformational impact of Para sport (UNESCO)
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/international-disability-inclusion-conference-harnessing-transformational-impact-para-sport
Paralympics: Opportunities and lessons for brands (Campaign Asia)
https://www.campaignasia.com/article/paralympics-opportunities-and-lessons-for-brands/497114
Olympism365 Innovation Hub awards grants to five impactful organisations (IOC/Beyond Sport)
https://olympics.com/ioc/news/olympism365-innovation-hub-awards-grants-to-five-impactful-organisations
Navigating the Modern Youth Sports Terrain (Psychology Today)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sport-between-the-ears/202408/navigating-the-modern-youth-sports-terrain
Paving the way for a new era in women’s cricket and empowering future generations (Sport and Dev)
https://www.sportanddev.org/latest/news/paving-way-new-era-women%E2%80%99s-cricket-and-empowering-future-generations


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!

How stadiums can help fans with ‘invisible disabilities’ (ESPN)
https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/40276381/how-stadiums-help-fans-invisible-disabilities
MLB’s Mookie Betts’ Multimillion-Dollar Dream: Baseball, Bowling and Business | Forbes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuyHWXEJRIw


Introduction
So, the “quiet period” before the start of the professional and college football season was not so quiet, with an array of great sporting events such as the Paralympics, WNBA, and US Open tennis championships. (My Olympics withdrawal never occurred). I am especially happy to include five stories dealing with the Paralympic Games. Kudos to NBC for showcasing this sporting event. I was hooked. These were world-class athletes with stories that inspired and athletic performances that impressed. I hope you take the chance to read those articles, and every other one included this week.

The story I am featuring moved me in a way few others have. I dare to say this is one of the best, most impactful stories out of the more than 6,000 featured in Sports Doing Good in 12 years. This wasn’t an article. It was a multimedia story told in four chapters, each thoughtful and compelling. At the end of the ESPN piece, I counted 33 people involved in its production. I was impressed but not surprised. Something this good certainly involved a major team effort.

“How stadiums can help fans with ‘invisible disabilities’” from ESPN can be found in the Video section of the newsletter. I hope you will take the time to go through the entire thing. I am not in the habit of dedicating the newsletter but this week, I must. So, a shout-out to Mikey, Bridget, Victor, Jack, Ryan, Amy and Rick. Your story matters and your courage in telling it will benefit not just those with “invisible injuries,” but everyone else who hopefully will be more understanding of their fellow fans. This story is not just about sports doing good, but also sports getting better.

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The Wildly Successful Paralympics TikTok Account Isn’t What You Think (Front Office Sports)
https://frontofficesports.com/ipc-paralympics-tiktok-account/

How to Start a Professional Sports Team, Win Games, and Save the Town (The Ringer)
https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2024/8/13/24216407/oakland-ballers-pro-sports-startup-athletics

Paul Skenes Is a Heroic Figure in Baseball’s Antiheroic Age (New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/paul-skenes-is-a-heroic-figure-in-baseballs-anti-heroic-age

Masai Russell: An Olympic Champion Who Leaped Into The History Books (Essence)
https://www.essence.com/entertainment/masai-russell-paris-olympics-champion/

Christen Press’ transformative journey back from injury (ESPN)
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40933449/christen-press-transformative-journey-back-injury

Driven by the loss of his mentor, Naz Reid made the fight against cancer personal (The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5712476/2024/08/22/naz-reid-cayden-addison-blood-stem-cell-donor/

How Moody made global impact at Basketball Without Borders Africa (Favorito/NBC Sports)
https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/moses-moody-basketball-without-borders-africa/1770308/

ESPN8 The Ocho Like Network Raises $4.2mm to Expand Production, Power Monetization (JohnWall Street)
https://www.johnwallstreet.com/p/espn8-the-ocho-like-rollup-raises-4-2mm-to-expand-production-grow-monetization

For Paralympian Ezra Frech, normalizing disability is his ultimate gold medal (LA Times)
https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2024-08-29/ezra-frech-paris-paralympics-normalizing-disability

How Paralympic swimmer Ali Truwit recovered from a shark attack (ESPN)
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40964744/shark-attack-yale-swimmer-ali-truwit-2024-paralympics-paris


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