Category Archives: Charitable Work

‘One Team 4 Haiti' Service Trip – NFL players still in motion

Now that the NFL’s season has come to a close (mini-camp starts in 4 months!), the influence of its players continues. The NFL Players Association is teaming up with Voila…

Super time to help out

My fellow Hoya Alonzo Mourning again will be combining fun times with fundraising, this time on Feb. 2 in Miami, host to this year’s Super Bowl and Pro Bowl, which…

Places to play and programs to play in

Two major issues impacting kids’ health and “fun quotient” are lack of facilities/equipment and programs that provide at least some supervision or guidance for kids who want to play. And…

Help New Orleans win again

We have covered the organization 9th Ward Field of Dreams before. Brian Bordainick and his colleagues, friends, students, and broader community in New Orleans are trying to build a state-of-the…

Alive and Kicking in 2010

Alive & Kicking manufactures hand stitched sports balls in sub-Saharan Africa in order to provide balls for children who don’t have balls to play with, jobs for previously unemployed adults,…

NBA and NFL – It's time for all of us to play

For us sports fans, we are entering a weekend that is ripe for sitting around and doing little, other than eating. Tons of college basketball and then the NFL conference…

Puma, UNEP and the Play for Life campaign

Global sportswear and equipment manufacturer PUMA and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently announced a strategic partnership to support biodiversity worldwide and specific initiatives in Africa. Puma has created…

Global games, global family

Over the past few days we have highlighted the efforts of a number of athletes and organizations to aid the people of Haiti in this incredible time of need. Support…

Players and fans – Doing what they do best to support efforts in Haiti

Great story out of Australia about several of the top tennis players in the world,  who by the way were about to start the next day playing in the year’s…

All-star caliber assistance

On the day he received the National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award* along with legendary HOFer Oscar Robertson, Alonzo Mourning announced that his just-created partnership with former teammate and…