Adelphi University Sport-Based Youth Development

Dozens of student-athletes rallied across New York City in hopes to push Mayor de Blasio to let them play. It has been almost a year since they were allowed. Now, they demand an equal playing field, since athletes on Long Island, as well as other places, have been given the go-ahead. ABC News 7 reports on the intricacies and obstacles facing young NYC athletes that want nothing more than to safely return to sport, like many of their peers have already been able to.

Amanda Gorman, the country's National Youth Poet Laureate, recited a poem ahead of last Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the The Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Gorman's poem, "Chorus of the Captains," honors three Americans Los Angeles educator Trimaine Davis, Florida nurse manager Suzie Dorner and Pittsburgh-based James Martin, a Marine veteran who volunteers with the Wounded Warrior Project and who has taken in local kids facing issues at homefor their work amid the coronavirus pandemic.

It's National Girls and Women in Sports Day! Here's to celebrating progress and recognizing the long journey ahead. espnW

WNBA star and radio host Chiney Ogwumike is breaking barriers on and off the court. For the first time in history, a Black woman has her own national sports radio show to talk about that, and more. Ogwumike is the co-host of Chiney & Golic, Jr., a daily ESPN radio show that launched in August.

José Andrés and NBA players have made it clear: Stadiums must serve the public good. So with the pandemic in the early stages of ravaging the economy this past spring, the Andrés nonprofit that produces meals in the wake of natural disasters teamed up with the Washington Nationals , using the stadium’s kitchen facilities to cook and hand out thousands of free meals to whomever needed them but particularly the already needy in the poorest wards of D.C. near the park.

Brian Litvack, CEO and co-founder of LeagueApps , writes for Sporticomx on how all stakeholders must come together to create solutions to the overarching problems in youth sports. Most youth sports stakeholders agree on the problem statements facing youth sports. We know youth sports organizations must operate more efficiently. We know youth sports must be safe, accessible, equitable and enjoyable. We know we need to attract and retain more kids and allow them to have positive sports experiences. This was true even before a global pandemic disrupted youth sports organizations across the country and necessitated new standards and protocols to ensure safe play. So, how do we get to this solution?.

Football, and the NFL specifically has been a staple in America for decades even amongst a long list of issues including racial injustice, dangerous athletes protocols, and now Coronavirus outbreaks as the season continues relatively normally. Kurt Streeter writes for The New York Times Do We Need Football in America This Badly?. Agree or disagree, it’s fascinating to see the risks taken to ensure one of America’s favorite pastimes can continue, even in a global pandemic.

Join an exciting event tomorrow at 1pm on Facebook Live! Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation, Positive Coaching Alliance, UHY LLP, and one of America's most experienced astronauts for a discussion on how positive coaching can improve culture in many areas of life including youth sports and the corporate environment.

Standout teenage hockey player Morgan Urso is working to destigmatize mental illness and highlight the power of sport in healing along her journey. ESPN highlights her incredible story and how she’s giving a voice to such an important, and often forgotten platform within youth sports. "When I wore the mask, it's about awareness, it's about showing something that a lot of people are struggling with that they're all hiding, and trying to normalize it so more people come out of hiding and get help," Lehner said. "But her story in itself is a big reason for the problem that is out there. The uneducation of society in general causes us not to progress. ... It's all about corporations, it's all about liability. That's why people don't come forward, and why it's such a hard topic to unfold."

Sport can act as a powerful force in uniting and lifting up communities. The The New York Times explores the story of a small town in Ohio that is leaning on youth sports to bring back it’s once lively and booming environment.

Join San Jose State University ’s ISSSSC Conference "Dream With Your Eyes Open: (Re)Imagining Sport in the age of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter this weekend, November 12-13th. The Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change welcomes you to the inaugural Sport, Society and Social Change Conference. This two day event is designed to continue the legacy of equity and social justice by addressing the issues and challenges in sport. We invite students, faculty, professionals and the community to attend, share their voice, and hear from experts, practitioners and rising scholars that are working to continue to challenge the boundaries of sport and activism.

Interested in learning more about the exciting work of multiple partners bringing soccer to NYC youth? The New York City Soccer Initiative, a public-private partnership to build 50 mini soccer pitches in all 5 boroughs in 5 years to expand free play/soccer programming to young New Yorkers everywhere. Last week the partners, New York City FC , U.S. Soccer Foundation, adidas , the Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC, and Etihad Airways hosted their annual ribbon cutting ceremony virtually to welcome each of the new pitch sites for 2020. Learn more about this exciting initiative on their site!