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Giving your all in life and in death – Paco Rodriguez
E:60 is an incredible program on ESPN whose stories we have highlighted before. But the story of Paco Rodriguez may be the one that touched us the most. It is a story of triumph, of loss, of pain, of...
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Update to “Cycling IS a team sport”: Damian Lopez Alfonso
We highlighted the story of Damian Lopez Alfonso last month (May 8 post, “Cycling IS a team sport”). For another great piece on this courageous athlete and his wonderful support system, please visit...
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Fauja Singh – He keeps going and going and going…
Many of the stories that we have presented here involve young people (kids, children, boys, girls, etc.) Makes sense considering how many organizations are geared toward providing opportunities,...
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Doing for oneself and for others: College football player Eddie Delaney
We read the following short piece from Sports Illustrated on student-athlete Eddie Delaney, who plays football at the University of Albany. It was enough to want to highlight him. We then dug a little...
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Sami Stoner and Chloe help us find our way
Try running with your eyes closed. Scary, right? Now try doing it with others around you. Even scarier. Despite that, Sami Stoner has found a way to keep on running and competing. A young runner who...
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Team4HIVHope – racing down stereotypes and towards a cure
In my Sports Law class at Farmingdale State College we just spent a few days talking about discrimination (gender, age, disability, etc.) One of the overriding policy points that came up in the cases...
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Chess, the new hoops?
Chess is one of those activities that many of us played or at least tried to play when younger but then eventually abandoned for more “established” sports. Not established in the sense of tradition, as...
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“Top 10 Responsible Sports Moments” for 2011
One of the things we love about doing this blog is the regular exposure we get to inspirational, exciting, and thought- and emotion-provoking acts by individuals, organizations, and companies. There is...
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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 miss, run out of energy, or have a...
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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 the Heisman Trophy and its men’s...
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