Category Archives: Sports and Social Responsibility

Being the bridge – Basketball Diplomacy

We don’t have to solve world problems all by ourselves. However, we can make contributions, no matter how small, to the collective effort that can help overcome those problems. I…

Peace and Sport – UIPM celebrate International Day of Peace

Press release. On the International Day of Peace, Peace and Sport is committed to deploying new sports in fragile countries. First example: Biathle. Monaco, 21 September 2009 – As the…

Golf and Fund Raising

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has an article on the efforts of the PGA Tour to do even more in the area of charity fundraising and to let more people know…

Being a part of the solution – Athletes and brain injury research

There was a story last week about 3 current NFL players who have committed to donating their brain and spinal cord tissue after they die to a study working to…

Int'l Platform on Sport & Dev – weekly digest

You can join The Platform’s Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=20674774578&ref=ts. The weekly digest is but one of the great ways to stay in touch with sport and development. You can read…

KaBoom! – A week to play and rally support

KaBoom! has been around for almost 15 years and captures the spirit of play, development and entrepreneurship unlike most others. Its model of community and business partnerships, and the sharing…

The Evolution of the Sport and Non-Profit Relationship

Below is an Opinion piece I wrote that was published this week by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal. This week’s issue has a special section on Sports Giving Back. You…

Janne Kouri – Giant steps for himself and others

This is a great story (You might need some tissues for it). A quick intro first. Many of the problems out there, whether macro in nature, e.g. global warming, and…

Global Peace Games for Children and Youth – Sept. 21

You can learn more about this global grassroots effort at http://www.playsoccer-nonprofit.org/2009invitation.html. We have provided an excerpt below. (Excerpt) The Global Peace Games for Children and Youth are an annual event…

And the winner is…the Ukraine

The championship we are talking about is the 2009 Homeless World Cup.This great 8-day event in Milan culminated with the Ukraine topping Portugal 5-4. Congratulations to all of the players…