{"id":7523,"date":"2024-12-04T08:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7523"},"modified":"2024-12-04T08:59:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:59:09","slug":"breaking-cowboys-qb-dak-prescott-challenges-simone-biles-and-more-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7523","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Challenges Simone Biles and More for Charity.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2166366858-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2166366858-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2166366858-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2166366858-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"286\" data-dom-ready-time=\"317\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott talks competing with Simone Biles, Chris Paul and Quinn Ewers as part of a charity event.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0is giving back to the Dallas community this holiday season as part of a new campaign with\u00a0DICK\u2019s Sporting Goods\u00a0featuring fellow sports greats Simone Biles, Chris Paul and Quinn Ewers.<\/p>\n<p>For the campaign,\u00a0Prescott decorated the Dallas-area Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods store in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Denton\u00a0with everything from a gingerbread locker room to a sea of blue lights to represent the Cowboys. In turn, Prescott, along with each athlete, will get a\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$100,000<\/span>\u00a0Sports Matter grant to award to a local youth sports organization, or organizations, of their choosing through the<\/span><span class=\"xn-location\">\u00a0Sports Matter program.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Dak Prescott: \u2018I Love Getting Into the Holiday Spirit\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Prescott says he wanted to get involved with the campaign because of \u201crepresenting the great city of Dallas\u201d and the idea of \u201cjust being able to give back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to give back to our youth and charity with the sports Sports Matter grant. That was huge,\u201d\u00a0Prescott said, speaking exclusively with Anne Erickson of Heavy Sports, \u201cand honestly, at Dick\u2019s, just having a lot of fun and being the holiday season. Love decorating. Love getting into the holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that he loves \u201cbeing able to inspire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to give back to the community as we did with the Sports Matter grant, and not only that. For me, it\u2019s the holiday spirit. Being able to put those two things together. Putting smiles on people\u2019s faces,\u201d\u00a0Prescott added. \u201cMaybe having a day full of adversity or something that didn\u2019t set the day right, maybe they walk into that Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods and it changes their day around. Or, maybe they see that ad on TV, and it gives them a little bit of joy. So, just being able to partner with the brand and with an organization that cares so much about giving back and celebrating in this holiday season was easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of the athletes involved showcased their unique style and sports skills, from \u201cgold accents in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span>\u00a0to celebrate Simone\u2019s medals, a gingerbread football locker room in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas<\/span>\u00a0for Dak the QB, 12-foot basketball tree for Chris in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">San Antonio<\/span>\u00a0and officially licensed\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span>\u00a0accents for Quinn, who received a little help from\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Matthew McConaughey<\/span>, in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Austin,\u201d per Dick\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prescott said his favorite decoration at the Dallas-area Dick\u2019s store where he decorated was the gingerbread locker room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I walked over there, I was blown away,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s as good as my name being in the same locker room as some of these great teammates I play with, so I approve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dak Decorates Dallas - HOS Texas Holiday Decor Showdown\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ezUC4sPS2Zk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Mental Health is Something Dak Prescott Says He Advocates For<\/h2>\n<p>When asked what\u2019s his favorite thing about doing the Dick\u2019s decorating and getting the Sports Matter grant,\u00a0Prescott said, \u201cbeing able to invest it right back here into the city of Dallas, the sport youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that while he hasn\u2019t really picked out a charity yet, \u201cI can promise you it will be, whether it\u2019s a great program or charity, that\u2019s doing a lot for our kids and most likely mental health, that being something that I push and I advocate for, being something that entitles mental health with our youth athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those who want to see Prescott\u2019s decorations, they\u2019re at the Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods store at 2845 W. 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