Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

Player and volunteer champions

This is a great achievement by the tournament organizers and especially its volunteers. The PGA players deserve a lot of credit but lets not forget the thousands of volunteers who…

Building a giant uniform…and widespread awareness

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently published an interview with Bjorn Heidenstrom, a former professional football/soccer player from Norway who is currently biking throughout…

Fast is as fast does

From Chris Chase at Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Usain-Bolt-adopts-a-cheetah-names-him-Lightnin?urn=oly,199623 Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:20 pm EST Usain Bolt adopts a cheetah, names him ‘Lightning Bolt’ By Chris Chase The world’s fastest man…

Cycle to Work guarantee

The following story from the UK is a good example of a multi-stakeholder effort – government, corporations and individuals – that offers multiple benefits – less traffic, better health, cost…

GW's Green Sports Scorecard

Congratulations to the team at George Washington University on the 1-yr anniversary of its Green Sports Scorecard. According to Dr. Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Associate Professor & Director, Sports management Programs:…

"It's gotta be the socks!"

Channeling Mars Blackmon from the ’80s Nike commercials, we highlight a press release from Elicit Brands, LLC a Tennessee-based company that owns the Swiftwick brand of socks. We liked the…

The Iceman takes on infectious disease

The NBA and the WNBA are collaborating with the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) and sanofi pasteur on Vaccines for Teens, a national program designed to help educate parents and…

Still Need to Be Aware

On this last day of October, we wanted to include an inspiring video that captures some of the history of the relationship between New Balance, Susan G. Komen for the…

What a way to enjoy "retirement"!

Arthur Webb is unbelievable. Some might say a bit crazy (in a good way). In a piece from August 31, 2009, Chris Ballard of Sports Illustrated writes about Arthur and…

"I'm in it to win it"

A terrific event took place last week that was focused on fun, good health, and safety. And it was for a group that we all should hope to be members…