One of the organizations that we have long admired is love.futbol. It’s not just because we, well, love futbol (soccer). It’s really more about the organization’s mission. love.futbol provides an…

So much of the great work being done in the area of sports and development is about the program itself, not so much the physical location, i.e. the building, the…

We were recently contacted by Compass Partners, a non-profit that aims to develop the next generation of social entrepreneurs. Great thing, they are in that generation! (And it warms my…

On October 5, 2009 we wrote about a sports equipment manufacturer named Xenith. The story came out after we started seeing a flurry of news about the NFL’s study of…

We mention these types of events not just to make people aware so they can attend, but also as a reminder to those of us who can’t attend of what…

Special issue of Journal of Management & Organization: Social Responsiblity, Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship in the Sports Industry Abstract This introduction to the special issue of the Journal of Management &…

Congratulations to Johann and the great team at Right to Play (RTP). We have been long time friends and supporters of RTP. Their commitment to sport and development, as evidenced…

Sport and Social Responsibility Summit 2011 Sport continues to deliver countless opportunities for brands and properties to demonstrate their caring credentials as social responsibility is further embedded in the mainstream…

The annual Beyond Sport Awards 2011 are open for entries at http://www.beyondsport.org/the-awards/index.php “Designed to recognise and reward the best sport and development projects from across the world on an annual…

Thanks to Eli Wolff, head of the Sport and Development Initiative in the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University for making us aware of the following story. As…