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This country needs role models and athletes have both an incredible opportunity and responsibility to use their power for good.
It seems like a nice problem to have; a gifted child with a seemingly promising future. But when -- and how much -- should a parent get involved? And when should they get out of the way?
Carbohydrates have long been considered the most important source of energy for any type of muscle activity, be it leaping over a hurdle or climbing out of bed.
Men seem to hug on the basketball court, but why are some men afraid to embrace on a busy street corner? Join me and Sylvia Harvey, producer of Out of Bounds, as we tackle the topics of male-to-male affection and black masculinity.
In the words of Aristotle, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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...
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...
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.
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.
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?
Learn from world class performers how to be mindful of ways to negotiate stress and convert common complaints and roadblocks into challenges and opportunities.
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.
Professional athletes are constantly targeted by unscrupulous individuals for unsavory reasons, most of them financial.
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."
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."
Professional athletes and other celebrities should be viewed as talented human beings and not gods worthy of worship, they will inevitably make mistakes.
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.
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.
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...
