Category Archives: Social Responsibility

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…

Transferring adherence to rules from the field to the home

From our friends at Sport and Dev. is a video about an organization we covered at Sports Doing Good, Colombianitos. “In Cartagena, Colombia sport is being used as a tool…

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,…

Things to see – The Blind Side; Invictus

The Blind Side, the remarkable true story of NFL rookie Michael Oher, has been on a nice run at the theater, earning more than $125 million in 3 weeks. Here…

Westbrook steps up as he sits down

Brian Westbrook has been one of the best players in the NFL for the past 5 years. A multipurpose running back, he has helped the Philadelphia Eagles stay amongst the…

Football/Soccer for hope…and fun

FIFA’s partnership with streetfootballworld – Football for Hope – is a great example of a major sports property and non-profit coming together to leverage their respective strengths to drive discussion…

USC Draws Inspiration From No. 1 Fan – ESPN Video

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