Professional Athletes

Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day!

Katie Smith | Posted 04.02.2012

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There were times when women were limited in their athletic endeavors and it was not that long ago. We have to keep educating the next generation of girls so that we can continue to thrive and experience anything and everything life has to offer.

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Role Models or Felons?

Colin Curran | Posted 03.14.2012

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With so many baseball players using performance-enhancing drugs, the integrity of the game is compromised. The players who take drugs negatively affect the players who play the game without cheating.

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Pro Athletes Lack Party Shorts

Emily Bracken | Posted 10.22.2011

Pro athletes are buff and broad, rich and famous, alpha and athletic, but rather than suit up in edgy, form-fitting athletic apparel, they look like they're wearing coulottes.

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Create a Social Security System for Athletes or Face the Feds' Imposed Solution

Richard Grenell | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Former Pro Athletes, Retired Athletes, Social Security, Professional Athletes, Social Security in Sports, Sports News

It may be too late for the NFL given the escalation of their lockout, but it's time for the NBA, WWE, UFC and other sports' governing bodies to act.

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You Don't Go to War, LeBron

Colin Barnicle | Posted 05.25.2011

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LeBron and his NBA teammates aren't "soldiers." The seventh game of the World Series isn't an epic "battle" and NFL players have never gone out on Sunday and played in a "war."

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PHOTOS: 'Athlete's Dream Home' In Denver On The Market For $6.45m

Posted 05.25.2011

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An athlete's dream home located in Denver's prestigious Polo Club neighborhood is listed for $6.45 million. The 5-bedroom, 8-bathroom remodeled home i...

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50 Athlete Philanthropists That May Surprise You

Bleacher Report | Brent Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

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We know them as athletes and exemplars of their sport. Some have good reputations, some decidedly less so. A few of the good-deed-doing athletes pic...

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Pro Athletes Visit Oil Spill, Say "No More Drill Baby, Drill"

Leilani Münter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Professional Athletes, Bp, Oil Spill, Celebrity Environmental Activism, Gulf Disaster, Creative Minds, Green News

I am back home from my second trip to Louisiana since the oil spill. This time I was joined by other professional athletes to take a tour of the massive environmental catastrophe that is the Gulf oil disaster.

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Where Have All Our Heroes Gone?

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Professional Athletes, Role Models in Pop Culture, Children's Heroes, Antiheroes, Heroes, Pop Culture Icons, Celebrities, Media News

Today's zeitgeist is controlled by a popular culture that worships the antihero. Many of today's entertainers, athletes, and other pop culture icons exemplify everything that is unheroic in our society.

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The Big Four Pro Sports Leagues are Cracking Down on Athletes, but NASCAR Wants its Drivers to "Have at it and Have a Good Time"

Gabriel A. Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why not discipline a driver for committing an intentional "foul," where the foul can kill the driver or even a spectator? What were they thinking? Where's the line here?

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World Class Performers Unplug Differently

Michael Gervais, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unplugging, Stress, Professional Athletes, Stress Reduction, Recovery, Michael Gervais, Sport Psychology, High Performance Psychology, Napping, High Performance, Healthy Living News

Learn from world class performers how to be mindful of ways to negotiate stress and convert common complaints and roadblocks into challenges and opportunities.

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Why FIFA Did Not Suspend Thierry Henry

Gabriel A. Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Professional Sports, Sports Suspensions, Professional Athletes, Thierry Henry Handball, World Cup, Soccer, Sports News

A closer look at the FIFA Disciplinary Code shows that a suspension for Thierry Henry's infamaous handball against Ireland in World Cup Qualifying was not so farfetched.

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NBA Star Dirk Nowitzki Is Scum ... Not

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Professional athletes are constantly targeted by unscrupulous individuals for unsavory reasons, most of them financial.

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Michael Vick To Co-Star With Benji In New Disney Film

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Kobe Bryant is following Vick's lead and is currently in talks to play the lead in the reimagining of "The Boy Who Could Fly" called "The Boy Who Could Fly and Also Never Raped anyone in a Hotel Room in Colorado."

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Shocker: NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki Allows Pregnant Fiancée to Languish in Jail

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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This story has fallen through the sports cracks as the NBA Playoffs have unfolded. It deserves to be part of the national dialogue under the category "professional athletes behaving like total cads toward women."

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The Legacy of Steve McNair... A Good Man Just Not Perfect

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 11.17.2011

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Professional athletes and other celebrities should be viewed as talented human beings and not gods worthy of worship, they will inevitably make mistakes.

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New Blood Treatment for Athletes Could Pose Future Problems for Sports Leagues

Sarah Schorno | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Blood Doping, Professional Athletes, Major League Sports, PED's, Steroids, Healthy Living News

If there is anything to be learned from baseball's steroids fiasco, it's that the major sports leagues need to start regulating the use of this procedure, and be quick about it.

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Mark Teixeira & Baseball's Fantasy World

George Mitrovich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Sportswriters, Mark Teixeira, Baseball, Economic Crisis, Jamie McCourt, Yankees, Agents, Mannie Ramirez, Red Sox, Dodgers, Professional Athletes, Scott Boras, Baseball Players, Entertainment News

We may achieve a new equity between players and fans, between the few who makes millions playing a game and the many who labor to survive America's economic nightmare.

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Study: Average Steroid User Not Athlete, But Regular Guys Trying To Look Good

Time | MICHAEL D. LEMONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anyone who follows the news probably has a picture of the typical steroid user: an elite athlete -- a home-run hitter, say -- trying to get an edge on...

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Athlete-Bloggers Are Often Too Honest For Advertisers' Tastes

Wall Street Journal | Stephanie Kang | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last month executives at shoemaker Adidas AG got a shock when they read the latest blog entry from their star endorser, pro basketball player Gilbert ...

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