Category: Post – Sports
South Bay Coach Preaches Team First
By Julie Devine For South Bay coach Dave Barro, Special Olympics Southern California is an experience of a lifetime. In more than nine years, he has seen basketball transform lives ...
INSIDE SOSC: Summer Games Nears, Inclusion Revolution Grows
Special Olympics Southern California athletes have less than a month to go before Summer Games. Two events got a taste of what's to come, as all five sports – basketball, bocce, ...
INSIDE SOSC: Athletes Use the Force
WeAreSOSC.org made its way to both the most northern and southern areas of Special Olympics Southern California's footprint this past week. Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo played host to ...
INSIDE SOSC: ‘Exhilarated’ Athletes, and Rafer Johnson’s Life on Display
Five competitions were on the schedule this past weekend and WeAreSOSC.org was in Chino Hills and Bakersfield for a pair events. Plus, an exhibit showcasing the life of Special Olympics ...
Special Olympics Athletes Learn from College Basketball’s Best
By Tessa Sechler Just outside L.A. Live and Staples Center on April 12, a day filled with basketball clinics and games was underway. While the NCAA All-Americans would attend the ...
INSIDE SOSC: LA Galaxy Unified Opener, and Hoops Action in Lakewood
This week, WeAreSOSC.org brings to you a brother tandem on the LA Galaxy Unified soccer team and a basketball enthusiast in the South Bay. LA Galaxy Unified Opener Danny Saucedo ...
INSIDE SOSC: Competition, Tip-A-Cops Start the Spring
This past week of events around Special Olympics Southern California included the 2019 Tri-Valley Glendale Regional Spring Games and Tip-A-Cop fundraisers at Claim Jumper restaurant locations. Young Athletes Provides a ...
When Two Worlds Collide
by Tessa Sechler There are many businesses and fundraisers that support Special Olympics Southern California, but to some athletes, the AVP Campaign may be the most impactful. From March 27 ...
INSIDE SOSC: Previewing the Spring
April is typically one of the action-packed months in the Special Olympics Southern California calendar, as the spring season gets underway this weekend. The slate of competitions will only get ...
Inside the Tryouts of LA Galaxy Special Olympics Unified Team
Close to 50 excited soccer players got to play out their childhood dreams as they tried out for the LA Galaxy Special Olympics Unified Team on Sunday, March 10 at ...