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News Bytes: Buy Red Sox Tix, Support Charity

Here’s a round up of some stories from the day. The Red Sox Tickets for Charity program takes the lead. Then after the jump, read about the new Lone Star Faceoff charity hockey competition, as well as a Disability and the arts program that got an Olympics charity boost in the U.K.
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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

The big news this week is that NASCAR’s Max Papis is stepping up to help the earthquake victims in his native Italy, and IUPUI coach Ron Hunter grabs NBCA award for work with Samaritan’s Feet. Other news includes Terry Labonte’s charity ride in Texas.
Max Papis: NASCAR driver Max Papis is selling a race-worn helmet [...]

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News Bytes: Catching Up on the Week’s Stories

The Buffalo Sabres get the lead this week, after donating $10k to a hearing and speech center. Also, eight Olympians pitch in for the Intrepid Museum, while Palmer and Nickelson get ready to take some charity swings. Then we’ve got a couple of grassroots efforts, highlighted by a roller derby team going bald [...]

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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

Lance Armstrong, whose return to competitive cycling is rooted in his effort to promote his Lance Armstrong Foundation, is participating in the new Pelotonia charity cycling event in Ohio.

Pelotonia: In Columbus, Jeffrey Sheban profiled the Pelotonia Tour, a charity cycling event to be held in late August in Ohio. The new event is a [...]

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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

This week’s lead is Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, who donated his signature gold shoes to help Children of Jamaica Outreach. After the jump, poker star Jennifer Harman hosts successful charity tourney, then there’s soccer development in Miami and a look at charitable giving within the surf culture.

Usain Bolt: Olympic Gold Medalist Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, [...]

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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

Golf takes the top this week, with the Mike Weir Foundation being named an official charity of the RBC Canadian Open. Plus, Tiger’s foundation announced a matching donations effort. Also after the jump, bytes on Michael Phelps, Athletics for Kids and reader suggestions from the West Coast.

Mike Weir: RBC and the Royal Canadian [...]

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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

College champ Tim Tebow is at the top of this week’s news bytes. Tebow got a little clarification from the NCAA this week. The ‘07 Heisman winner gets to continue his evangelism efforts, which is good, because apparently it’s the main reason he’s returning to the Gators next season. After the jump, we’ve [...]

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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

The 24 Hours of Booty tops this week’s news bytes. The official 24 hour cycling event of the Lance Armstrong Foundation is getting some help from NASCAR driver and avid cyclist Bobby Labonte. After the jump, we’ve got bytes on LeBron James, Brandon Webb, Diego and others.

24 Hours of Booty: 24 Hours of [...]

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