Welcome to week three hundred and forty-seven of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include: London Marathon launches virtual mini event to get children active (Sport Industry Group) How Did the…

Welcome to week three hundred and forty-five of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:   The Olympian That Stood Up To A $170 Billion Global Brand, Forced Change, And Got Paid…

In light of the NHL’s highly publicized support of the “You Can Play” campaign, which includes statements by some of the League’s top players saying they support an open, homophobia-free…

The New York Times recently published an excellent, and very disturbing, 3-part series on the life and death of Derek Boogaard, a National Hockey League (NHL) player. Boogaard, who was known as…

No surprise, but when it comes to sports competitions, or any competition for that matter, people want to win. Yes, there is great value in participating – we have highlighted…

I just had my last soccer game this season – alas, we tied and fell 1 point short of a playoff birth – but this first season back on a…

Michael Jordan has trouble not being in the public eye. His recent comments about Kobe Bryant and about scoring 100 points in a game? Not needed. But there was something…

We highlight a story from my alma mater, Georgetown, which is representative of activity we are seeing with high school and college age individuals. So many from these groups are…

Nationwide, we are facing an obesity and overall poor health epidemic. It truly is everywhere. For example, a recent study was done involving kids in Massachusetts which found that 1…

There are many opinions about Bud Selig, current commissioner of Major League Baseball, and founder of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. We say many instead of two opinions because it…