athletes

Dustin Brown is so close to realizing a life long dream that he can taste it! The KaBOOM! All-Star Playmaker and Los Angeles Kings star is one of the youngest players on the USA Hockey Team, which is in the hunt to win an Olympic medal. Dustin and his teammates will square off against Finland in the first of two semifinal games on Friday at 3 p.m. (Eastern Time). If Team USA wins, they’ll advance to Sunday’s 3:15 p.m. (ET) final in which they’ll be playing to capture the first Gold Medal for the U.S. since the historic victory against the Soviet Union at the 1980 games in Lake Placid.Read more

The recent KaBOOM! All-Star playground build at Summit International Preparatory with NBA Cares in Arlington, Tex. has gotten some great converage!Read more

After blanketing the northeast with record amounts of snow this week, Mother Nature turned her efforts toward the southwest yesterday!

Despite six inches of snow, KaBOOM! and NBA Cares are still building a brand new NBA customized EVOS playground at Summit International Preparatory today in the Playful City USA community of Arlington, Texas.Read more

If you’re on the fence about who to root for in the Super Bowl, we at KaBOOM! understand!Read more

Before they compete in the 2010 Pro Bowl Jan. 31, some of the NFL’s biggest stars are coming together together as one team today to build a playground with KaBOOM! as part of the largest community program in the league’s history.Read more

Sunday was a great day to relax and watch some football, with teams battling for the chance to play in the Super Bowl on Feb. 7. A round of congrats are in order for the Indianapolis Colts, who will try and win their second Super Bowl in the last four years after beating the New York Jets in a come-from-behind 30-17 victory yesterday! The Colts are great champions for the cause of play, having partnered with KaBOOM! to build playgrounds in each of the last two years.Read more

Congratulations to KaBOOM! All Star Playmaker Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings, who has just been named to the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team! He'll compete in Vancouver next month. Your first chance to see the U.S. team will be in a preliminary round against Switzerland on Feb. 16. View the complete schedule here.Read more

Hey soccer fans - to celebrate the upcoming MLS Cup, soccer stars will join with Home Depot associates, MLS W.O.R.K.S (the league’s community outreach arm), the Seattle Public Schools, local volunteers and KaBOOM! in building a brand new playground in one day in Seattle (Seattle MetBlogs).Read more