3 Elite Receivers Making Big Plays

First Larry Fitzgerald and now these guys. It is the day of the receiver doing good. The Make a Play Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that is truly built on…

NFL Star Battles Cancer With Ice Cream

NFL Star Battles Cancer With Ice Cream Shared via AddThis This is a short video from GMA of superstar wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals and his partnership…

Usain Bolt's Day In Bristol – ESPN VIDEO

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Make a Difference Day – Oct. 24

Just giving some advance notice. http://www.usaweekend.com/diffday/index.html Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of helping others, is sponsored by USA WEEKEND Magazine and its 600 carrier newspapers. Make A…

Dick Fosbury – inventor

Richard Hoffer from Sports Illustrated has a new book out, “Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.” In a recent issue, SI excerpted…

Bath student competes to be greenest ever Ironman

You can find the full release at http://media-newswire.com/release_1100079.html, with an excerpt below. (Excerpt) (Media-Newswire.com) – A University of Bath student is aiming to become the greenest ever Ironman when he…

Something bad will happen

As a lifelong Jets fan, excuse my doom and gloom attitude. 🙂 For Hispanic Heritage Month, Richard Lapchick writes a piece on Mark Sanchez and how his success might bring…

Social Entrepreneurship event

While not sports-specific, certainly relevant for those involved with or at least interested in social entrepreneurship. From CSRWire, Sept. 28, 2009 Walden University’s 2009 Social Change Conference to Focus on…

Wins, Wisconsin, Waste management

The following story from the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel highlights cleaning and recycling efforts done by the Green Bay Packers and other major sports properties in Wisconsin. Great to see the…

Don't take greatness for granted

This will be a reoccurring theme. The beauty of sports is the constant stream of good performances, with the occassional great ones. All should make us feel good, even if…