Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

Recognizing good works – All Stars Helping Kids and Jefferson Award For Public Service

While I hope we never go down the road of the entertainment industry and have 20 awards shows, the following partnership sounds like it will provide the proper recognition to…

Ayiera Initiative – Passing it Forward

From the good folks at Sport and Dev we have a story about a young man in Kenya who has used the little that he has to assist those who…

Coordinated programming – iParticipate

Not sports-specific but certainly leisure-related. I applaud the collective action (no, Fox News, it is not socialism every time things are done for the benefit of many) to bring about…

Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) Action Week(s) – Oct. 15-27

The FARE Action Week unites supporters, clubs and those targeted by racism across the continent in a concerted effort to make discrimination a thing of the past. The Action Week…

Enforcing the (new) rule – traveling in the NBA

Traveling in the NBA has been an unchecked epidemic. Laughable actually. The League is now clarifying, at least on paper, its rule about the infraction. Let’s hope there’s actual enforcement….

International Seminar: Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention

Whether it is a tsunami, hurricane, earthquake or one of a host of other natural and even man-made disasters, our great calls to action often occur in response to events…

Football, love, and progress in Guatemala

There is a lot of great work being done out there. We will be spending even more time highlighting your accomplishments -whether you are the actual participants or a financial…

The Best of (All) of Us

I am a huge fan of the Olympics and while I think in many ways it (i.e. the stewards of the Games) has lost its sports/moral compass, this is a…

Nothing strange about hoops outdoors

Okay, maybe it is a bit strange when the players are multimillionaires playing on a beautiful court with thousands of people watching but still… Last week the Phoenix Suns held…

NASCAR's Green Flag Tree Planting Program

Nice tie-in. The following comes from Gretchen Becker at Indystar.com, http://www.indystar.com/article/20091012/LOCAL1804/910120364. NASCAR pays for 40 new trees to be planted in Westside park A Westside park will receive 40 new…