Category Archives: Sports and Social Responsibility

Big kid with a small request – I want to play football

This is a tremendous story that highlights the desire to be part of a team, just to fit in, and to experience the joy of sports. This young man, Brenden…

LT goes home

At least the headquarters for his Foundation will. LaDainian Tomlinson, the future HOF running back for the San Diego Chargers, has long been recognized for his excellence on and off…

900 degrees of Tony Hawk

Josh Brooks from ESPN’s Action Sports site had a nice piece on a fundraiser held by Tony Hawk, proceeds from which will go towards the construction of a skatepark in…

Rich History – Before there was Tiger

The good folks at the Center for Sport in Society at Northeastern recently co-hosted an event with Comcast’s Golf Channel to educate those young and old about the rich history…

Golden (Years) Goals

Many of the organizations listed at Sports Doing Good and the stories covered deal with kids and young adults. However, there is no doubt that in the U.S. and in…

The Word of the Day

Creativity! I am a big fan of the Colbert Report and was thrilled to see the show step up and mobilize “The Nation”, of which I am certainly a member…

Beyond Sport Awards 2010 – See you in Chicago

Beyond Sport announced that it will be having its second Summit and Awards ceremony in the U.S. in 2010, following its successful launch in London in 2009. Please see the…

Guest Post: What the World Cup means (and could mean) for business

Sab was kind enough to ask me, John Kim, from www.WorldCupCSR.wordpress.com, to contribute a guest post to this blog.  Of course I jumped at the chance and was absolutely flattered;…

Taking care so that we our fields and environment are there for future events

We mentioned the GW Green Scorecard yesterday and feel this is a nice add-on piece as it mentions another firm trying to measure and evaluate sports’ green impact, with a…

A step and kick in the right direction

Any of us who has played a team sport understands the concept of home field advantage and want it for our most important games. Recently, the Palestinian women’s national soccer…