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At Louisville in the time of COVID, someone is kinda looking out for the athletes
The last few months have revealed the scope of damage dealt by COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands are dead. Millions more have been infected. No one knows yet what lingering health effects they will face....
Die In A Fire, Skip Bayless
The thing is, I know I’m giving Skip Bayless exactly what he wants by writing this. By even considering writing it. Bayless doesn’t exist to be right or wrong. He’s just there to emit. He’s a smokestack. That’s all. Bayless has made his career by making everything an argument. It doesn’t matter if i...
‘I Pray a Player Doesn’t Die’: Virus Will Grind College Football Season to Tragic Halt, Watchdog Says
Ramogi Huma has had a front row seat to coercive physical, psychological and sexual abuse that takes place at the hands of college athletic departments and the NCAA. ...
Is This Little Girl's Life Worth "Getting Back To Normal"?
The next time you see maskless droves of people swarming to recently opened beaches in Florida in the name of “essential activities” such as walking, biking, hiking, fishing, running, swimming and surfing......
Darren Rovell Spends $84 On Sushi, Mewls Over $1.68 Fee
Foam-brained brand remora Darren Rovell spent the first half of his day blowing a disturbing but unsurprising amount of hot air about California’s SB 206, fretting stupidly over billboard valuations and the dangers of “sham endorsements.” Having worked up a mighty appetite, Rovell then treated himse...
Dan Patrick Talks About Suffering From Severe Joint Pain And How The Initial Treatment Made Him Feel Worse
This morning Dan Patrick revealed on his titular radio show that he’s been suffering from severe joint pain for seven years, but is now going through the brutal treatment plan that has finally helped him feel better. Patrick was diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica, and he described the feeling of ...
John Oliver Just Gave Pro Wrestling Fans Something To Chant For This Weekend
WrestleMania is Sunday! It’s time to crack open a cold one and get ready to sit in front of the television for anywhere from six to nine hours. And it’s also time for the wider public to pay attention to WWE for a week....
Louis Riddick Shares His Extremely Smart Thoughts About Addiction And Mental Health
Louis Riddick wasn’t responding directly to fellow ESPNer Stephen A. Smith’s latest dose of stupid, but in this clip from this morning’s episode of Get Up, it certainly seemed like that’s what Riddick was doing....
Get To Know The Vermin In And Around Your Stadium Food
A rumbling gut is probably enough to inform you that stadium concessions stands can really mess you up, but now you can check your gastrointestinal intuition against an ESPN survey of health violations at pro football, basketball, baseball, and hockey venues....
Everson Griffen Back With The Vikings After Mental Health Evaluation: "I'm Taking It One Day At A Time"
Five weeks after Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Everson Griffen jumped out of an ambulance on the way to a mental-health evaluation following weeks of erratic behavior that included threatening to shoot someone at a hotel in Minneapolis, he is back with the team, and addressed reporters after p...
The NFL Broke Former Players Like Me. Here's One Way To Fix Us.
Roger Goodell is a benevolent man. Last season, while negotiating his own new salary, he demanded lifetime health insurance for himself and his family—with a wink....
Islanders Goalie Robin Lehner Writes About His Mental Health Struggles: "I Wanted To Kill Myself"
New York Islanders goalie Robin Lehner wrote a candid essay for The Athletic about his years-long addiction to drugs and alcohol, his thoughts of suicide, his time in rehab, and his eventual bipolar diagnosis. ...
Shane Larkin Talks About His OCD And How It Caused Him To Wash His Hands Raw<em></em>
ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan is putting together an excellent series this week on mental health in the NBA, and today’s piece focuses on how players decide whether or not to medicate, a decision often loaded with myths and stigmas. Shane Larkin, who played backup point guard for the Celtics last season a...
Paul Pierce Opens Up About Struggles After Stabbing: "I Was A Mess”
Today over on ESPN, Jackie MacMullan has the first of what promises to be a multi-part series on mental health in the NBA. While it’s mostly a profile of Kevin Love, who shared his experiences with panic attacks earlier this year, it also features insights from Paul Pierce and Chris Bosh on their ow...
Nationals Executive Has To Resort To Crowdfunding For Leukemia Treatment
Doug Harris, the Washington Nationals’ assistant GM and vice president of player personnel, holds a significant position in the organization—and yet, even an MLB team executive has to resort to asking the public to help cover his medical costs....
Getting It Straight: When Women Realized The AIDS Crisis Was Theirs Too
Sue Woodman’s feature on how the AIDS crisis impacted women was published in the Jan/Feb, 1987 issue of New York Woman and appears here with the author’s permission....
Max Holloway Has Less Than A Week To Cut An Ungodly Amount Of Weight
Nobody will say for certain what Max Holloway weighed when he agreed to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 223, but he has until Friday afternoon to get down to 155 pounds if he wants a shot at the UFC lightweight title. That’s 10 pounds heavier than his typical fighting weight, though he’s a big feat...
Royce White Isn't Ready To Believe That The NBA Really Cares About Mental Health
In the month since DeMar DeRozan spoke publicly about his struggle with depression, fellow NBA players Kevin Love and Kelly Oubre have come forward with stories of their own mental health battles and the league has announced plans to name a director of mental health and wellness. The change is encou...
Kelly Oubre On His Mental Health: "Deep Down Inside I'm Going Through A Lot"
Washington Wizards small forward Kelly Oubre Jr. added his perspective to what other NBA players like DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love have opened up about in recent days—talking about his mental health in an interview on NBC Sports’s “Wizards Tipoff” podcast (it starts around the 13:00 mark)....
Kevin Love Shares His Experience With Panic Attacks: "People Don't Talk About Mental Health Enough"
Kevin Love came forward today about his struggles with mental health, including a panic attack during a game earlier this season that required a hospital visit and convinced him to begin seeing a therapist....