New Indoor Sports Tournament Format Stokes Hoop Dreams

March 28, 2017

Special Olympics Wisconsin’s State Indoor Sports Tournament will be unveiling a new format next month at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh that focuses on bringing 20 additional basketball teams to the tournament. Although the Indoor Sports Tournament has been taking place...


GoFundMe Forms Partnership With the Special Olympics to Fund Athletes Attending the 2017 World Winter Games

February 17, 2017

Global crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced on Thursday it has formed a partnership with the Special Olympics to help fund athletes that are looking to attend this year’s World Winter Games, which will be held in Graz, Schladming, Rohrmoos and Ramsau, Austria next...


ESPN’s Groundbreaking Coverage of Special Olympics World Winter Games Begins March 18 From Austria

February 17, 2017

ESPN’s first World Winter Games coverage includes live three-hour Opening Ceremony featuring Parade of Athletes, Special Guests and musical performances from multi-Grammy Award winner Jason Mraz and Grace VanderWaal Robin Roberts, Kevin Negandhi, Lindsay Czarniak and Dustin Plunkett to host...


Special Olympics Wisconsin Delegation Prepares for the World Winter Games in Austria

January 27, 2017

Beginning March 14, athletes and coaches from Special Olympics Wisconsin will represent the United States and compete among the world’s best at the 2017 World Winter Games in Austria. Snowboarder Daina Shilts, cross country skier Heidi Van Abel and alpine...


X Games co-host Mitrani excited about #ShredHate launch; Shilts preps for Unified Snowboarding

January 25, 2017

ASPEN, Colo. – This year’s first-time X Games Aspen co-host, pro snowboarder and former X Games competitor, Jack Mitrani, has also played a key role in the launch of ESPN and X Games’ bullying prevention program Shred Hate. Mitrani sat...


Special Olympics USA Team Named

January 12, 2017

210 Athletes and Coaches to Represent U.S. at 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games January 12, 2017 — Special Olympics USA is proud to announce that it will send a 210-member delegation to represent the United States at the 2017...


Get to know the three Special Olympics Wisconsin athletes heading to the Winter World Games this March

November 30, 2016

Kyle Robinson         Hometown: Ashland, WI Years Involved in Special Olympics: 2 2017 World Games event: Alpine Skiing Employed: Hugo’s Pizza Hobbies: ATV’s, Playing Games Two years ago, Kyle Robinson was a quiet young man hesitant to...


Former Green Bay Packers and Law Enforcement raise funds in Inaugural Titletown Showdown Flag Football Tournament benefitting Special Olympics Wisconsin

November 1, 2016

Green Bay, WI— On the sidelines of historic City Stadium on the morning of October 22nd, a group of Special Olympics athletes from Oshkosh huddled and began to stretch for their approaching game. That morning, their ragtag flag football team...


ESPN and ABC Networks to Deliver First-Ever Coverage of Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017 in Austria

October 26, 2016

Coverage March 18-25 of World Winter Games 2017 in Graz, Schladming-Rohrmoos and Ramsau Opening Ceremony on ABC to feature Pageantry, Performances, Special Guests Nightly ESPN2 program will bring viewers stories, competition showcase, interviews and more ESPN coverage to reach at...



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