Athletes giving back – A cordial debate about "obligation" – Part 1

Athletes for Hope has been hosting an interesting, and in this day and age of yelling over one another and personal attacks, a very cordial debate about the “obligation” of…

Business (sports) taking a leadership role

My motivation in starting Sports Doing Good and The Kaur Group stems in part from the belief that employing good business practices along with the passion and influence of sport…

NBA and girls in the game

This is not related to David Stern’s comment about the possibility of a woman playing in the NBA. Rather, we are talking about the Chicago Bulls/Detroit Pistons game that will…

Pepsi looking to be Super in your community

Big news regarding a big Super Bowl sponsor. Pepsi will drop its beverage-related Super Bowl advertising in 2010 – the total for the 2009 game was $15 million for 150…

Award 3, recognize 30, educate thousands more – The Rudy Awards

I just learned about a new award given out by an organization of which, I again, am just becoming aware. This is what makes publishing this blog so much fun….

Frito-Lay, Tostitos, USO, and a little football

Joe Favorito has a new column you can catch at The Huffington Post. His most recent commentary we believe you will find both interesting and moving.  In light of a…

Charles Woodson – Playing and acting like the best

Charles Woodson, Heisman Trophy winner from the Univ. of Michigan and current Green Bay Packer has often been viewed, rightly or wrongly, as very self-centered. Some of that was based…

NFLPA and Native American health – a shared vision

The NFL Players Association and Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health recently co-hosted the 14th Annual Evening With the Stars Gala to benefit Native Vision, an initiative that serves…

Transferring adherence to rules from the field to the home

From our friends at Sport and Dev. is a video about an organization we covered at Sports Doing Good, Colombianitos. “In Cartagena, Colombia sport is being used as a tool…

5th "anniversary" of Tsunami Disaster

I actually don’t like the word “anniversary” when it comes to acknowledging such a terrible event, as anniversary should be associated with celebratory events. But in this case, the use…