Category Archives: Research, Reports, Commentary

By the hands of hypocrisy, the death, or at least the shaming, of college sports.

If you are watching the unfolding events in the area of collegiate athletics, you cannot be happy if you care at all about integrity, tradition, loyalty, and commitment to the…

Responsiball – giving football/soccer leagues another thing to compete on

No surprise, but when it comes to sports competitions, or any competition for that matter, people want to win. Yes, there is great value in participating – we have highlighted…

African-Americans in sports – U.S. history, our history

Designated weeks or months for certain ideas or campaigns are helpful, e.g. National Breast Cancer Awareness. The key, though, is to not focus all of one’s efforts to that one…

Debt ceiling = Success Ceiling? Sport and development org’s will (have to) fill the gap

Take one word that is not so fun, “debt”, another that is somewhat innocuous, “ceiling”, put them together and you have the most annoying phrase of 2011. (C’mon Congress, get…

Sports’ Social Responsibility Map – where to find the good

The good folks at SportAccord yesterday officially launched the Sports’ Social Responsibility Map. This interactive online map will promote the numerous Social Responsibility initiatives of its members by plotting the…

Peace and Sport: Celebrating the Past; Pointing to the Future

The Peace and Sport International Forum has quickly established itself as a premier event on the calendar for many individuals, organizations, and companies worldwide. The reach of the event, which…

New publication: Social Responsiblity, Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship in the Sports Industry

Special issue of Journal of Management & Organization: Social Responsiblity, Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship in the Sports Industry Abstract This introduction to the special issue of the Journal of Management &…

Royce Fellowship aligns sports, academics, and development experiences

Thanks to Eli Wolff, head of the Sport and Development Initiative in the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University for making us aware of the following story. As…

Places to pursue and practice one’s passion

As we are upon the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, we are faced with ongoing structural damage and despair of many about the prospects for the country’s…

Sport, personal and national development

The economics of sports at this point are undeniable. Many individuals, teams, leagues, organizations, companies make A LOT of money from the games we play. That type of wealth distribution…