Category Archives: Charitable Work

5 Rings, a place to stay, and a place to live

Great idea. Simple as that. (Excerpt) From the New York Times’ Rings blog. http://vancouver2010.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/vancouver-group-combines-olympic-housing-with-effort-to-fight-homelessness/ Vancouver Group Combines Olympic Housing With Effort to Fight Homelessness By Ian Austen, NY Times Vancouver…

Local and personal – Glazer Foundation

The Glazer Family, when it comes to sports, is truly on both ends of the spectrum right now. Their Premier League ManU soccer team again is challenging for major titles…

Athletes giving back – Part 3 – Emily Cook

We had the chance to hear directly from Emily Cook, a 12-year member of the US Freestyle Ski Team, member of the 2006 Olympic Team who is currently training to…

Athletes giving back – Part 2 – Competition time!

There is a second phase to the debate being hosted by Athletes for Hope, a phase that involves a campaign/competition to raise funds for one’s favorite cause. Called Who Gives!…

NBA and girls in the game

This is not related to David Stern’s comment about the possibility of a woman playing in the NBA. Rather, we are talking about the Chicago Bulls/Detroit Pistons game that will…

Charles Woodson – Playing and acting like the best

Charles Woodson, Heisman Trophy winner from the Univ. of Michigan and current Green Bay Packer has often been viewed, rightly or wrongly, as very self-centered. Some of that was based…

NFLPA and Native American health – a shared vision

The NFL Players Association and Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health recently co-hosted the 14th Annual Evening With the Stars Gala to benefit Native Vision, an initiative that serves…

5th "anniversary" of Tsunami Disaster

I actually don’t like the word “anniversary” when it comes to acknowledging such a terrible event, as anniversary should be associated with celebratory events. But in this case, the use…

Supporting play…from birth

We have highlighted the efforts of KaBoom! before. The organization is a leader in creating opportunities for children to play and pushing discussion about the need for kids to be…

Sports. Business. Philanthropy.

Sports. Business. Philanthropy. These are three driving forces behind the Sports Doing Good blog and The Kaur Group. So when I had the chance to attend an event entitled “Sports,…