Category Archives: Social Responsibility

Love.futbol – Drew Chafetz

Excuse the redundancy but I just love the idea behind this effort. As a “futbol” player, I been fortunate to experience the personal and collective team joy of the game…

NBA Hall of Fame weekend – Includes some guy named Jordan

Sept. 10 – 12. I personally was more excited by fellow Hoya and Knick legend Patrick Ewing’s induction but I have love for John Stockton, David Robinson, Jerry Sloan, and…

Video: Guy Dupuy's ridiculous new dunk – Ball Don't Lie – NBA – Yahoo! Sports

While this site often has news of and stories about charitable efforts and events, sportsmanship, and social responsibility, it will also be a destination for things that makes us say,…

A 21-year winning streak – Kay Yow

Jim Valvano is the college basketball figure most associated with the fight against cancer. However, his peer at NC State, women’s coach Kay Yow, is not one to be overlooked…by…

A decal may be worth a thousand words

Michigan has been hit especially hard during this economic downturn and as much as we want a substantive change in many folks’ circumstances, any little bit that acknowledges their struggles…

Homeless World Cup update: U.S. wins first game

From Tammen Nicholson‘s post at Facebook: September 6 at 3:32pm “Hey Everyone, just wanted to update everyone on the National Team’s success so far in Milan. They defeated Denmark 8-7…

Voting you'll be able to believe in

I don’t think we are going to need any international observers for this “election.” Nike, a real leader in the area of sports and development, is asking for individuals to…

You likely won't be able to beat these guys

First off, who knew there was a Time Out Singapore!  🙂 This is a great story.  Christopher Minko from Australia has not only given a disadvantaged group an opportunity to…

Scort Foundation – Kids Camp 2008

Scort is a non-profit and politically independent foundation that organises and supports socially orientated sport activities for children and youth. To implement this Scort co-operates with football clubs and social…

Stories from the International Platform on Sport & Development

The “Platform” is a terrific resource that we subscribe to and suggest you do the same. We highlight some of the recent stories from sportanddev.org.  http://www.sportanddev.org/newsnviews/news/?819%2FNot-the-Usual-Suspects-Swimming-Softball-Skateboarding-Table-Tennis Not the Usual Suspects:…