Notah Begay and the NB3 Challenge

NB3 Challenge – Notah Begay, Tiger Woods, Mike Weir, and Camilo Villegas. The corresponding press release can be found at http://www.notah.com/content.aspx?id=783. Congratulations to all involved on a great event. [vodpod…

Survey results from LBG Research

While not sports-focused, this is clearly relevant to those at sports properties and companies who are currently working together or considering partnerships. The complete report, “Making the Most of What…

ESPN and Veterans Day; Schaap and "The Sporting Life"

From Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily’s Closing Bell, Aug. 28, 2009. Kudos to ESPN for highlighting this very special day and for providing another forum for Jeremy Schaap’s reporting. ESPN…

Run for a Dream

Great opportunity for those interested in running a marathon and a great model for those organizations looking to attract donors in a creative way. To learn more about Run for…

Mickelsons Host Fifth Annual "Start Smart" Event

The PGA and its member tournaments and players have been amongst the most committed, whether measured by time or money, to charitable causes. Phil Mickelson is certainly an example of…

14 Billion-dollar donors…with a touch of sports

A quick scanning of the bios showed a couple of sports-targeted, at least in part, philanthropists.  Outside of super-entrepreneur Ted Turner at #14, the most sports-centric is Dietmar Hopp. Hopp,…

Lance Armstrong, technology take on cancer

The LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit will be running from today to Wed, Aug. 26th. You can get more information and sign up for updates at http://livestrongblog.org/.  Below is an article…

Eunice Kennedy Shriver – Obit from SI

Jack McCallum’s piece was so good – he had a tremendous subject to write about – that I wanted to make sure it got another run.  The full article can…

ThinkCure! and the LA Dodgers – thinking and acting

The Los Angeles Dodgers held their second “RadioTeleWebethon” to raise money for ThinkCure!, its official charity, on Friday, Aug. 21st.  ThinkCure! is a community-based nonprofit that raises funds to accelerate…

WNBA and its week of activities around Breast Health Awareness

(From SportsBusiness Daily, 8/21/09.)  The WNBA will host a series of events beginning Sunday to generate awareness about breast cancer and raise funds to help fight the disease. Efforts will…