Uniting with the NBA to give back
This weekend at the 2012 NBA All-Star game in Orlando, Florida, 12 Special Olympics athletes have descended from across North America to show the world their abilities, to play ball with the best and...
View ArticleA celebration bigger than basketball
NBA All-Star weekend is one of the biggest events in all of sports, filled with celebrities and fans galore. It’s a celebration of basketball. This year, it also included a celebration that was...
View ArticleUnified Sports in The New York Times and across the news worldwide
Have you noticed that Special Olympics Unified Sports have been featured a lot in the news lately? Earlier this month, The New York Times reported on the life-changing impact of Unified Sports on...
View ArticleEuronews to share Omar and Mario’s stories with millions
While many of us in America have been focused on celebrating the 4th of July holiday this week, our friends over in Europe have some great news I wanted to share with all of you. Europe’s leading...
View ArticleLegendary Footballer Didier Drogba Supports Special Olympics Côte d’Ivoire
The below is a guest post from colleagues in our Special Olympics Africa regional office. Didier Drogba is arguably one of the world’s most famous athletes – at least in the sport of soccer...
View ArticleA Beacon of Opportunity
Unified Sports brings together people with and without intellectual disabilities. On the heels of the recently released Department of Education Office of Civil Rights guidance on requirements for...
View ArticleInclusion for All Program Achieves Two New Milestones
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest blog post from Martha Jo Braycich, Director of Communications for Special Olympics Europe-Eurasia. The Unified Girls’ volleyball team in Krusevac, Serbia In...
View ArticleA Powerful Message of Courage and Hope
I’d like to briefly share a powerful email I received from Special Olympics Alaska CEO Jim Balamaci. Perhaps we all might send our thanks in a special way to Gilleon and his mom —for their enormous...
View ArticleUnified by a Common Goal
The following is a guest blog from Soeren Palumbo, co-founder of SO College and the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. Outlined against a blue-gray November sky in the beating heart of the...
View ArticleUnifying and Uniting the World
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a guest blog post by Chris Hull, Board Director & Communications Advisor for Special Olympics Great Britain. Well that’s a wrap for another World Games. Needless to...
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