Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

Race4Change – Be a rally car driver…from the comfort of your own home

Travis Pastrana, one of the great action sports athletes in the world, recently added his name to those supporting Race4Change, an effort that hopes to raise awareness and funds for…

Bringing history to life

While it may not be Field of Dreams, it gets very close. Several very industrious individuals took on the very difficult task of building a statistical archive of Negro League…

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…

Los Angeles Ducks of Anaheim

Just joking. I hope they never go in that direction and change their name. Nice story from the LA Times about the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks fundraising effort to benefit troops…

Using life experiences to change lives

Another benefit of having more players in U.S. pro leagues with an international background, whether they grew up in the U.S. or not, is the inevitable sharing of culture and…

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…

Not that hard to pronounce – Meb Keflezighi

Say the name a few times, it rolls right off the tongue.  🙂 What a great race on Sunday. Thousands of individuals from around the world converged on the streets…

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;…

Nymeyer named NCAA woman of year

The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors senior student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. (From…