Category Archives: Individuals

Peyton Manning's 7th annual PeyBack Bowl

This guy seems to do it all. (His commercials are awesome). The PeyBack Bowl “partners local and national celebrities with corporate sponsors for an evening of bowling featuring great prizes…

Notah Begay and the NB3 Challenge

NB3 Challenge – Notah Begay, Tiger Woods, Mike Weir, and Camilo Villegas. The corresponding press release can be found at http://www.notah.com/content.aspx?id=783. Congratulations to all involved on a great event. [vodpod…

Mickelsons Host Fifth Annual "Start Smart" Event

The PGA and its member tournaments and players have been amongst the most committed, whether measured by time or money, to charitable causes. Phil Mickelson is certainly an example of…

14 Billion-dollar donors…with a touch of sports

A quick scanning of the bios showed a couple of sports-targeted, at least in part, philanthropists.  Outside of super-entrepreneur Ted Turner at #14, the most sports-centric is Dietmar Hopp. Hopp,…

Lance Armstrong, technology take on cancer

The LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit will be running from today to Wed, Aug. 26th. You can get more information and sign up for updates at http://livestrongblog.org/.  Below is an article…

Eunice Kennedy Shriver – Obit from SI

Jack McCallum’s piece was so good – he had a tremendous subject to write about – that I wanted to make sure it got another run.  The full article can…

Jay Cutler and Diabetes – the personal connection

Giving back, whether through time, money, and/or expertise is often a very personal matter. We naturally feel for those people and places with which we have some connection.  For sports…

D.C. Student-Athletes Become HIV/AIDS Educators

In this article from the Blue & Gray, a Georgetown Univ. newspaper, a fellow Hoya, Tyler Spencer applies his idea for youth health education, not thousands of miles away, but…

'Don't Play With the Flu'(TM) Campaign to Coach Families on Playing Defense Against Seasonal Flu

Originally posted at PR Newswire. You can find the full press release at http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-20-2009/0005080514&EDATE=, with an excerpt below. (Excerpt) Soccer Champions Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain Kick Off National Effort…

Laguna Hills Chiropractor Collects Donations for UC Irvine Swimming and Diving Team

This is being included mostly to highlight the fact that many university sports, i.e. non-football and basketball, find themselves in a similar position. Either they have been targeted for elimination…