Tag Archives: basketball

Sports Doing Good Newsletter, #262

May 7 – May 20, 2017 Welcome to issue two hundred and sixty-two of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include: Cameroon Calling Dikembe Mutombo receives humanitarian…

Sports Doing Good Newsletter, #259

April 16 – April 22, 2017 Welcome to week two hundred and fifty-nine of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include: Meet Alicia Napoleon, the Championship Boxer…

Sports Doing Good Newsletter, #258

April 9 – April 15, 2017 Welcome to week two hundred and fifty-eight of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include: Autism Awareness Night has special meaning…

Sports Doing Good Newsletter, #250

Feb. 12 – Feb. 18, 2017 Welcome to week two hundred and fifty of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include: The King of Fat Guy Touchdowns:…

Sports Doing Good Newsletter, #249

Feb. 5 – Feb. 11, 2017 Welcome to week two hundred and forty-nine of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include: We Can Do Better: Let’s Give…

Griner stands tall – Baylor student-athlete winning on and off the court

It has been an up and down year for Baylor University’s sports teams, mostly up, as their football team enjoyed a stellar season, its star player Robert Griffin III won…

A great legacy: Parents’ love for sports gets passed down

Much has been made of Jeremy Lin’s story. A story that includes Harvard, not being drafted, being cut a few times, and his Asian heritage. What also is often mentioned…

Sports Doing Lin? Almost.

We knew it was going to happen eventually. Yes, Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks were going to lose a game. They were not going to win the next…

Jeremy Lin vs. Kobe Bryant? Believe it.

We have all done it. We pretend we are playing against the top guy in the league and doing amazing things. Fadeaway over Michael Jordan? Swish! We never seem to…

Dikembe Mutombo & Yao Ming – a couple of Special guys

We came across a blog dedicated to providing news and information regarding the Special Olympics. We have added The World of Special Olympics to our Blogroll and will make sure…