Kevin Love: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/kevin-love-mental-health

Colin Kaepernick (Home Background): https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/colin-kaepernick-kneeling-protest-timeline/xktu6ka4diva1s5jxaylrcsse

Didier Drogba (Introduction Background): https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/11/football/ivory-coast-didier-drogba-stops-civil-war-copa/index.html

Tommie Smith, John Carlos, and Peter Norman (Satire Background): https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/10/16/657548752/those-raised-fists-still-resonate-50-years-later

Maya Moore: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/03/18/maya-moore-left-basketball-court-criminal-justice-reform-she-is-seeing-results/

Demar DeRozan: https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2018/02/25/raptors-derozan-hopes-honest-talk-on-depression-helps-others.html

Chris Long: https://chrislongfoundation.org/

Williams Sisters: https://theundefeated.com/features/venus-and-serena-williams-return-home-to-compton-to-give-back/

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Obviously, this list can go on and on and on, but these are some of my favorites.  Hopefully this has been helpful in portraying the power of sports.

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