March 5 – March 11, 2017 Welcome to week two hundred and fifty-three of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include: Crowdfunding: A Perfect Partner For Pro…

Sports, especially team sports, gives participants, everyone from players to coaches to trainers and all others, multiple opportunities to sacrifice individual wants for the greater good. Because we know that…

There has been a number of stories about/involving gay (hereafter “LGBT”) sports personalities in the past 6 months or so. Outsports.com actually listed 27 in a piece from May 19,…

I was made aware of an amazing story on Monday night, a story that was going to “break” on Tuesday. Not that we are trying to scoop anyone of great…

A new documentary that recounts the story of a professional baseball player, Glenn Burke, from the 1970s, brings to the forefront an especially difficult forum for one to express who…

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…

Saw a great film on Wednesday. The Boys of Summer, as you can imagine, is about youngsters playing baseball. But as we know, and as the movie shows, sports, while…

The Negro Leagues were a source of incredible talent, pride, and opportunity for African-Americans who were excluded from pro baseball for decades. The late 1800s and first half of the…

Barnstorming, the idea of visiting multiple locations playing the local sports team, is a long-standing tradition. However, with the advent of professional leagues, and (mostly) stable franchises, the idea of…