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November 2022
As we continue to honor Native American Heritage Month, it is great to see the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks efforts to celebrate its namesake - Black Hawk - and the entire Indigenous [...]
With the Houston Astros’ victory last week, Dusty Baker became only the third African American manager to win the World Series (Dave Roberts and Cito Gaston were the others). Here is why this opportunity to celebrate Black [...]
Via Andscape, a report on the continued growth in African American coaches in the NBA: For the first time in NBA history, most of the head coaches are now African American, just like the majority of the players. ​The [...]

By admin

November 2022
I admire this new ESPN commercial that celebrates the bond-building aspect of sports, and highlights how people of so many diverse groups can come together through sports, even with [...]

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MORE THAN A GAME

Refusing to “just shut up and play,” more and more athletes are stepping off the court, the field, the pitch, or the ice to leverage their voices and platforms to push for social change. This blog - More Than A Game - is a forum dedicated to the inspirational convergence of athletics, politics, leadership, and social change.

Muhammad Ali. Billie Jean King. John Carlos and Tommie Smith. Maya Moore. Colin Kaepernick. Megan Rapinoe and the United States National Women’s Soccer Team. Francois Pienaar. LeBron James. These are but a few of the accomplished athletes who have also demonstrated leadership in sports and social change, contributing to movements such as Black Lives Matter, the Civil Rights movement, anti-war protests, gender equality, LGBTQ rights and other critical issues.

But the role of athletes in leadership and social change is not limited to the pages of history books, nor is the connection between sports and social change only driven by individual athletes and teams. Inspirational organizations like Athlete Ally, Peace Players, Grassroots Soccer, and others are using sports as a way to pull people together behind a common cause, to bridge divides or to promote public health today.

Whether you are an athlete yourself or have never picked up a ball, More Than A Game will provide a forum to learn about brave athletes, teams, and sports-related organizations which exercised their leadership to foster a better understanding of social causes, advocacy, and changemaking for important causes throughout history.