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Sally Cohen in The Playbook

Jul 9, 2020

Beyond Just Friendship: Meet Chris & Novie

I work in the social media space, a place where every word, down to the character…

Caroline Chevat in The Playbook

Jun 7, 2019

#BestFriendGoals: Maggie & Donzel

June 8th is National Best Friends Day. We asked US Youth Ambassadors Maggie and Donzel from Special…

Sally Cohen in The Playbook

Mar 20, 2017

Female Empowerment on Display at #Austria2017

The Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017, going on right now in Austria, has…

Special Olympics in The Playbook

Jun 7, 2016

What playing unified has taught me

The following post is written by Brad Gardner, a student at the University of Alabama in…

Special Olympics in The Playbook

Aug 1, 2015

Sheer Joy

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

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Special Olympics in The Playbook

Jul 27, 2015

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…

Special Olympics in The Playbook

Apr 10, 2015

Give Special Olympics Athletes The Attention They Deserve

By Tim Shriver

Last year an Antwerp based creative agency, LDV United, set out to get Special Olympics athletes some of the attention they deserve from the general public. The result was an amazing…

Special Olympics in The Playbook

Mar 11, 2015

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…

Special Olympics in The Playbook

Feb 6, 2015

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…

Special Olympics in The Playbook

Jun 14, 2013

A Father’s Day Lesson

By Tim Shriver

On this father’s day, I’m going to take my lesson on being a Dad from a mom.

I never could’ve imagined what one Mom, Lauren Warner, learned from sipping lemonade. It’s the big lesson; the biggest. And not surprisingly, it…