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New Hope for Women Receives $50K grant from the Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association
New Hope for Women is the recipient of a $50,000 Healthy Relationships Community Grant from the Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. A $3 million dollar joint initiative, MLB and MLBPA grants focus on three distinct areas: supporting programs that build and improve mental health resiliency among vulnerable populations, improving relationship skills of the next generation, and strengthening critical services to survivors of domestic violence. Applications were evaluated on an assessment of the population served, organization strength, impact, partnerships, and sustainability of programs. New Hope for Women will use the grant to assist survivors in rebuilding their lives, to support rebranding efforts, and to increase mental health services for those residing in the agency’s transitional housin
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While Major League Baseball is putting some finishing touches on getting into the NFT game, here’s a player minting his own. This is the first NFT distributed by a big league player and the proceeds will go to a very good cause. Bidding closes in less than 24 hours. https://t.co/u7JwcUDUbP Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 18, 2021 With the COVID-19 pandemic significantly limiting revenue opportunities, the timing for sports organizations and athletes to dive into the cryptocurrency and NFT world made sense. Former University of Arizona tight end Rob Gronkowski, now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, took advantage of the craze early. He partnered with Medium Rare for an NFT card collection that sold out and brought in an estimated $1.8 million, Cointelegraph reported. The collection included five tokenized cards featuring in-game action shots of Gronkowski during championship-winning games.
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Former University of Arizona tight end Rob Gronkowski, now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, partnered with Medium Rare for an NFT card collection. (Photo courtesy gronknft.com)
After pitcher Taijuan Walker left the Arizona Diamondbacks, he became the first known and active Major League Baseball player to create and sell a piece of digital art through a non-fungible token, otherwise known as an NFT. Walker now plays for the New York Mets. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
PHOENIX – Sports is a billion dollar industry, with revenue streams ranging from television rights to ticket sales. Add cryptocurrency and NFTs to the mix, and this latest gold rush has leagues, teams and players taking advantage of opportunities in an unlikely territory.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2015. | Carolyn Kaster / AP
Passing the 100-day mark of President Joe Biden’s administration, one word we hear often is “bold.” From the passage of the American Rescue Plan (to fight the coronavirus), to important changes proposed in the American Jobs Plan (on infrastructure), and his American Families Plan (expand paid family and medical leave, pre-school education, free community college, etc.), the president envisions important changes in several critical areas of daily life.
What we yet see are a lot of “bold” changes in U.S. foreign policy, especially in relations with four major nations China, Vietnam, Cuba, and North Korea. In many respects, the United States continues strategies forged during the Cold War. After four years of Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy, Biden is steering U.S. foreign policy back to its previous channels. In a speech at the State Department in February, he d
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