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☆ US players harness World Cup spotlight for mental health initiative
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Nathan Frandino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Common Goal initiative will provide mental health training to coaches from more than 15 youth sports organisations, focusing on issues including anxiety, depression and loneliness, after the World Cup. "It’s long overdue that our soccer communities put mental health at the forefront when we discuss player care," Common Goal USA Executive Director Lilli Barrett-O’Keefe said in a statement. The United States are seeking an unprecedented third consecutive title, and fifth overall, at the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, kicking off their campaign on Saturday against Vietnam. The American soccer players are the latest athletes to take up the cause of mental health, after Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles and four-times tennis major winner Naomi Osaka helped flip the narrative on a topic once seen as taboo in high-level sport. Reporting by Nathan Frandino in Auckland, writing by Amy Tennery; Editing by Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Daniel Becerril, Naomi Girma's, Katie Meyer, Katie it's, Sophia Smith, Katie, Lilli Barrett, O’Keefe, Emily Fox, Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Smith, Nathan Frandino, Amy Tennery, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Soccer Football, Concacaf, Costa Rica, Estadio Universitario, United, REUTERS, Tribune, Stanford University, Stanford, Vietnam, Fox, Thomson Locations: States, Costa, Monterrey, Mexico, AUCKLAND, United States, U.S, Australia, New Zealand, American, Auckland

☆ These are America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023, and there's a big surprise at the very bottom
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Scott Cohn | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

By the numbers, these are America's worst states to live and work in for 2023. 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 129 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: D) Strengths: Air Quality, Childcare, Worker Protections Weaknesses: Inclusiveness, Reproductive Rights9. 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 113 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: D-) Strength: Crime Rate Weaknesses: Childcare, Inclusiveness6. 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 98 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: F) Strength: Air Quality Weaknesses: Voting Rights, Reproductive Rights, Crime4. 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 75 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: F) Strength: Air Quality Weaknesses: Reproductive Rights, Health, Voting Rights1.

Persons: Roe, Wade, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Ron DeSantis, Daniel A, Varela, DeSantis, Benjamin Krain, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Douglas Mason, Indiana Matt Carr, Cangelosi, Nichole, Emily Curiel, Jim Watson, Willie B, Thomas, Digitalvision, Scott Zdon, John Bel Edwards, Oklahoma Dr, Franz Theard, Paul Ratje, Brandon Bell Organizations: Business, North Carolina Governor, CNBC, Florida, Florida Florida Gov, HB, Mater Academy Charter, School, Miami Herald, Getty, White, Northern Illinois University, Sunshine, Arkansas Little Rock Police Department, FBI, United Health Foundation, Health, Tennessee, Bonnaroo Music, Arts Festival, Getty Images Tennessee, Indiana, Stone, Hoosier, Missouri, Country Club, Kansas City Star, Tribune, Service, Emily Curiel | Kansas, Star, Reproductive, Alabama Voters, Beulah Baptist, AFP, Alabama, Center, Election Innovation, Research, South Carolina Senior, Gov, Reproductive Clinic, Washington, Washington Post, Texas, Texas State Capitol Locations: States, Florida, Texas, Florida Florida, Hialeah Gardens , Florida, Little Rock , Arkansas, Arkansas, Manchester , Tennessee, Louisiana, Mill Creek, Emily Curiel |, Montgomery , Alabama, Carolina, Oklahoma, Santa Teresa , New Mexico, Austin , Texas

The sexism that has prevented girls from competing in sports has also prevented women from becoming youth coaches. In March, Nike launched Coaching HER in a partnership with the University of Minnesota's Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport. Fry co-founded the Strong Girls program at the University of Kansas, where young girls are assigned a female college student as their mentor. She says this approach isn't only benefit to girls, but extends to youth athletes of all genders, and female coaches as well. Nike's 20,000 female coach goal Nike is one of the few major companies directly addressing this issue.

Persons: John Donahoe, Mary Fry, Jen Welter, it's, Welter, Vanessa Garcia, Brito, Billie Jean King, Fry, Alison Oliver, … it'd, Kate Mcshane, Christina Collins, Collins, Bob Iger, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Donahoe, It's Organizations: Portland Press Herald, Nike, University of Kansas, Aspen Institute's, Olympic, University of Minnesota's, Center for Research, Girls, Sport, Aspen Institute, Tucker Center, Sports Foundation, Youth Sport, Women's Sports Foundation, Getty, Manhattanville College, Target, Disney, Bank of America, CNBC, Summit, Florida Governor Locations: Aspen, London, Hackney, Westchester County, Santa Barbara , California

☆ Seeking an Upper West Side Home That the Children Want to Visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Joyce Cohen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Her two oldest children were living in New York, while her two youngest were still in college. As the pandemic raged, Ms. Snyder and her daughter shared a two-bedroom in a high-rise on Riverside Boulevard. But “the process of looking teaches you what you want,” Ms. Snyder said. “Or instead of a 10-by-12 living room, it was a 14-by-12 living-and-dining room,” with little room for a table. “It is a draw for my kids,” Ms. Snyder said.

Persons: Barbara Snyder, Snyder, Joe Pigott, “ Joe, ” Ms, “, . Pigott, Ms, Mr, Pigott, ”, Jenny Bryant, Keller, Bryant Organizations: Upper, Riverside, Youth Sports Foundation, Keller Williams NYC Locations: Princeton, N.J, New York, Stamford, Conn, New York City

☆ AI Tech Like ChatGPT Will Make Americans More Lonely
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

And there are definitely areas where AI chatbots could be useful — especially when it comes to business. Artificial IntimacyThe shift toward AI relationships isn't just a theoretical possibility: Some entrepreneurs and companies are already working to create chatbot-driven connections. While it has garnered a lot of attention, CarynAI isn't the first attempt at providing people with companionship through an AI chatbot. Snap recently deployed its own AI chatbot, called My AI, aimed at supplementing social interactions on the app. In researching new AI chatbots, I was struck by the missed opportunity for disconnected people to forge new connections.

Persons: ChatGPT, Derek Thompson, —, you've, Eric Klinenberg, Jenny Leigh, isn't, Caryn Marjorie, Marjorie, Caryn, CarynAI, Replika, Evan Spiegel, Joshua Bote, Zers, Brent Orrell, Daniel Cox Organizations: Pew Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, Software, New York, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Brown University, Hasbro, Science Foundation, Survey Center, American Enterprise Institute Locations: New York City

☆ ChatGPT, AI Tech Will Worsen America's Loneliness Crisis, Friendship Recession
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

☆ Damar Hamlin on how he made the decision to play football in the NFL again
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Kaitlin Balasaygun | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Damar Hamlin's on-field cardiac arrest at a "Monday Night Football" game in January was a moment of national trauma that occurred on live television. Still, his decision to play in the National Football League again after the personal medical trauma he experienced left many wondering how he was able to find the courage to return. And that was kind of like where I overcome my fears the most in my life," said Hamlin at the CNBC CEO event. Hamlin experienced commotio cordis, a rare cardiac condition that occurs when there is blunt impact to the chest at the same moment as the heart is preparing to contract. With prompt CPR and defibrillation, the survival and recovery rates after a commotio cordis episode are greater than 50%, according to the AHA.

☆ Northern Irish police charge seven men in detective shooting case
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BELFAST, May 27 (Reuters) - Seven men have been charged with the attempted murder of senior Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) detective John Caldwell, according to a police statement. Two men aged 28, and five men aged 33, 38, 45, 47 and 72, have been charged with attempted murder. I would like to thank the PSNI for their efforts and the progress they have made in the case," Britain's Northern Ireland minister Chris Heaton-Harris said on Twitter. All seven men are expected to appear before Dungannon Magistrates Court on Monday. Three of the men, aged 28, 33 and 47, have also been charged with preparation of terrorist acts.

☆ Nike CEO praises Disney's Bob Iger, saying he's 'doing a great job' in his feud with Florida's Ron DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nike CEO John Donahoe said Tuesday that Disney CEO Bob Iger is "doing a great job." "I think Bob's doing a great job at this," Donahoe said of Iger. Donahoe's remarks are the latest chapter in a yearlong feud that started in early 2022 when then-Disney CEO Bob Chapek objected to the DeSantis administration's "Don't Say Gay" bill. Iger, who returned as Disney CEO in November, has continued to battle with DeSantis. Disney and Nike have long supported each other and shared connective tissue.

☆ America has an umpire shortage. Unruly parents aren’t helping
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In one Little League game in Alabama, a coach was seen grabbing an umpire and throwing him to the ground, while kids looked on in bewilderment. In another viral video, parents in Texas aggressively yelled at an umpire, who ended the game early over the disruption. It doesn’t mean I enjoy the way you are calling the game,” Wood told the umpire. The average pay for a youth umpire is $45 to $85 a game, according to the Babe Ruth League. Kelly Peterfriend, who also has a son in Ramsey’s Little League, says she gets most animated during her son’s soccer games.

But as Republican presidential hopefuls including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump crisscross the country, they have instead focused on hot-button issues like immigration and transgender participation in youth sports. A broad majority of voters in both parties believe the debt ceiling presents a good opportunity to debate public policy priorities, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in March. Still, it is unclear how much Republican primary voters know about the debt limit debate - or even care - campaign aides and strategists said. Of nine attendees interviewed by Reuters at the town hall meeting held by Haley, none mentioned the debt ceiling as one of their top concerns. Others have addressed the debt ceiling in the past, but only in general terms.

☆ ‘Participation Trophies’ Are a Fake Crisis. Here’s the Real Problem for Youth Sports.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Is there a debate sillier than the one over “participation trophies?” Like an out-of-shape benchwarmer, our intermittent national bicker over the appropriate reasons to award hardware to young athletes has wheezed its way back onto the playing field. This time the arena is North Carolina, where a trio of state politicians have introduced legislation to enact a statewide ban on youth sports awards “based solely on participation.”

☆ Russian state media touts video of schoolchildren in Crimea drilling with rifles and training in hand-to-hand combat
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new video shows schoolchildren in Crimea training with rifles and completing hand-to-hand combat. The lessons are reportedly part of a training course that will come to other schools this year. The lessons appear to be part of a military training course that students across grade levels are participating in. In the video, originally shared by RIA Novosti Crimea, students first handle rifles in a competitive timed exercise. The new strategy marks a shift from Wagner's previous efforts to recruit Russian prisoners in exchange for reduced jail time.

☆ Masked Wagner mercenaries are giving career talks at Russian high schools, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wagner Group recruiters are giving career talks at high schools, UK intel says. During these lessons, Wagner representatives also reportedly promoted the Wagneryonok, a youth-focused military group and summer camp located in Crimea. As losses mount, Wagner is increasingly finding itself at odds with Russian military leadership and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Presently, there is a very public feud between Prigozhin and Russia's defense ministry over critical ammunition and supplies. ISW experts said that Russian leadership is also likely using the deadly fighting in Bakhmut to kill off Wagner troops and weaken Prigozhin's power.

☆ After losing more than 30,000 soldiers, the brutal Wagner Group is now recruiting in Russian schools
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Wagner Group, which has lost 30,000 soldiers in Ukraine, is now recruiting in Russian schools. It's opened six recruitment centers to attract "impressionable" youth recruits, an ISW report said. The Wagner Group, considered President Vladimir Putin's private army, has already lost some 30,000 fighters to death and injury since Russia started the war last February, Insider previously reported. In Apatity, Murmansk Oblast, members of the Wagner Group shared "heroic stories" and promoted the "little Wagner" youth camp in Crimea, according to the ISW report. In the past, Putin has also relied on the Wagner Group for Russian influence efforts in the Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, and Syria.

☆ LeBron James' business partner Rich Paul unveils new sportswear brand with New Balance
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Klutch Athletics will support and serve athletes throughout their athletic journey including youth, collegiate and professional sportsRich Paul, the sports agent who represents LeBron James, is launching a new sportswear brand with New Balance. The new brand will be called Klutch Athletics, and the company says its mission is to provide all athletes with high-quality training apparel and empower them throughout their sports journey. For New Balance, the partnership offers a fresh new angle in combining sports and culture. The Boston-based footwear and apparel brand has seen a resurgence of late, with Foot Locker CEO Mary Dillon calling out the brand's momentum on her company's earnings call in November. New Balance sales were up 70% for the sneaker store during the third quarter, Dillon said.

☆ Donna Kelce raised 2 Super Bowl-winning brothers—here's the No. 1 parenting rule she used
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Donna Kelce had a rule for her children growing up: Once you start something, you have to see it through. Coming into the game, both were already Super Bowl champions, with Travis winning in 2020 and Jason in 2018. When the Kelce brothers were growing up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, their parents always preached good sportsmanship, Donna told parenting website SheKnows. The boys were encouraged to try any sport they wanted to play — football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, hockey, wrestling. "'Once it's over, if you don't like that team, or if you don't like that sport, you don't have to play anymore,'" Kelce said.

Commotio cordis occurs less than a few dozen times a year in the U.S. Could chest protectors prevent the problem? It wasn't until 2019 that the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment, developed standards for chest protectors. In 2022, USA Lacrosse mandated that all youth lacrosse players wear chest protection. Though doctors have not said whether Hamlin's injury was indeed commotio cordis, Acompora is glad to see the condition getting national attention. Chest protectors such as this one from Unequal Technologies have been in demand since Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest Monday.

☆ How an early investor in StockX and The Athletic built a sports VC firm and got the Cavs owner to back him
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Vasu Kulkarni is the founder and CEO of Courtside VC, a venture firm focused on sports. His company was one of the early investors of StockX and The Athletic, but "missed" on Overtime. Kulkarni built Courtside VC to help sports startup founders like himAs Krossover grew into a multimillion-dollar company, Kulkarni began to realize the opportunity to invest in other sports-related startups. But Courtside VC has hit on enough startups to raise another $55 million in 2019. Courtside VC has invested in focusing on youth sports, fitness and wellness, esports, sneaker culture, and real-money gaming.

☆ Nikki Hiltz: How this professional runner is making their sport more inclusive
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“I was open about my sexuality at that point, but not my gender identity,” Hiltz tells CNN Sport. After coming out as trans and non-binary, Hiltz continues to compete in the women’s division. “You know, I have no business putting on an in-person race,” Hiltz jokes. Spencer Cox’s veto of a bill that bans transgender women from competing on women’s and girls’ sports teams. Since coming out as trans and non-binary last year, Hiltz has had conversations with race directors and announcers about making running more inclusive.

☆ 22 innovative sports startups that VCs say could transform the industry, from new leagues to betting platforms
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Colin Salao | Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Insider asked VC investors which sports startups they find the most innovative. We asked each investor to nominate companies, including one outside their investment portfolio. The top startups are innovating on the models for leagues, betting, athlete performance, and more. Insider asked 10 top venture capitalists who focus on sports to name the most innovative startups in the industry in 2022. Athlete performance is also a hot topic for investors, who highlighted startups like Diamond Kinetics, biomarker scanner Spren, and Veo.

☆ Nearly 60% of families say youth sports are a 'financial strain'—3 ways to budget for them
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Molly Schiff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A vast majority of children play at least one sport as they are growing up. As of 2020, 76.1% of kids ages 6 through 12 and 73.4% of kids ages 13 through 17 played a team or individual sport, according to Project Play from the Aspen Institute. In fact, 59% of families experience financial strain from their children's sports, according to a recent survey from financial services company LendingTree. While 48% of families with kids participating in sports say they will find a way to make it work, 11% plan to take on debt. As far as costs go, 50% of parents plan to spend anywhere from $100 to $499 on fall sport expenses, including equipment, travel and attire.

☆ Gen Z mistrusts everything — big business, government, other people, you name it
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

With that question, The Washington Post's technology columnist, Taylor Lorenz, kicked off a recent Aspen Institute panel entitled "Can Gen Z Trust Their Elders?" Across the board, members of Gen Z are less inclined to trust major institutions than their elders are. Add all these factors up, and Gen Z is looking more and more like it will become permanently mistrustful. Why doesn't Gen Z trust anyone? According to a report by Edelman, seven in 10 members of Gen Z say "they will fact-check" any claim made by a business or advertiser.

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