Unified Basketball Brings Out Players’ Best

It was a back-and-forth affair in today’s Special Olympics Unified basketball game. Team Orange pulled away in the final minute, punctuated by emphatic dunks by international professional basketball player Lorenzo Davis II. Former NBA All-Star Metta…

NH Athlete Honored to Represent State for Pope’s Visit

Highlights from the 2015 Special Olympics World Games Opening Ceremony

More than sixty thousand fans packed into Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Saturday night to celebrate the 6,500 athletes who have arrived to share with the world their ability, bravery, and joy. Here, we recap…

Sheer Joy

The following is a guest post by Nance Larsen, a Special Olympics Communications Team volunteer at the 2015 World Games.

Jean Vanier, a prophet of humility and simplicity, wins!

By Tim Shriver

On March 11 the Templeton Foundation gave its most prestigious award to my hero, Jean Vanier. For Linda and our children and me, he has also been our retreat leader, our teacher of humility…

You Can Live A Healthy Lifestyle

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following post is a guest blog post from Kelly Wren, a Health Ambassador for…

Unifying 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 say, Special Olympics Great Britain athletes — along…

The You in Unified: The Siler Brothers

This is the first in what we aim to be an occasional feature called “The You in Unified” where we help our fans get to know our Unified Sports teammates around the world. Todd & Tim Siler from Special Olympics Oregon who are Unified teammates and also brothers…