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The Hidden Secret to David Beckham's Success: Mental Toughness!

Steve Siebold | Posted 05.17.2013 | Sports
Steve Siebold

Former manager Alex Ferguson often said that Beckham practiced with a discipline to achieve an accuracy that other players wouldn't care about.

Which Sport Has More Athletic Players: the NFL or the NBA?

Quora | Posted 05.17.2013 | Sports
Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by John DeMarchi, It's the NFL, and it isn't even close.I know what you are about to...

WATCH: You've Never Seen Baseball Played Like This

HooplaHa | Posted 05.17.2013 | Sports
HooplaHa

With baseball season starting up everyone is bringing out their bats and gloves, especially The Long Island Bombers. The Bombers are a group of baseball enthusiasts and athletes from New York, that just happen to be blind and visually impaired.

Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Plan to Be at the 2014 World Cup

Natalie Alhonte Braga | Posted 05.16.2013 | Travel
Natalie Alhonte Braga

I had never understood the power of soccer to unite a country transcend all differences of race, class and region until I spent time in Brazil during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Jason Linkins

CNN's Coverage Of International Soccer Was A Real Nice Try, Good Effort Guys

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.16.2013 | Media

So, someone at CNN needs to get everyone up to speed on soccer, apparently. For instance, suppose you happened to look up at the TV screen and saw thi...

Once In A Lifetime Opportunity

Jürgen Griesbeck | Posted 05.17.2013 | Impact
Jürgen Griesbeck

As excitement builds within the global soccer community ahead of the UEFA Champions League Final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, so does ...

Threat vs. Challenge in Sports: The Difference Between Victory and Failure

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.15.2013 | Sports
Dr. Jim Taylor

I have found that a simple distinction appears to lie at the heart of whether athletes are able to rise to the occasion and perform their best when it...

FIFA Anti-Racism Campaign Has Work Cut Out for It in the Middle East

James Dorsey | Posted 05.14.2013 | Sports
James Dorsey

In the latest incident of racism, Iran's soccer federation this month banned Paykan FC coach Firouz Karimi for eight games and fined him $3,000 for calling Dutch player of African descent Sendley Sidney Bito a cannibal and a Negro and refusing to shake his hand.

Street Football Shaping FIFA: Football Industry's Perspective on Social Development

Student Reporter | Posted 05.14.2013 | Impact
Student Reporter

For Juergen Griesbeck, football is more than a sport. It's a global language that speaks to a CEO of a corporation the same way it speaks to a homeless person in London or New York. It's an opportunity for collaboration on an international platform.

Players' Complaints Overshadow Qatari Attempts to Project Improved Workers' Rights

James Dorsey | Posted 05.13.2013 | World
James Dorsey

Employment-related complaints by two international players, one of whom is barred from leaving Qatar, threaten to overshadow the 2022 World Cup organizing committee's release of a charter of worker's rights designed to fend off criticism of labor conditions in the Gulf state.

Tiger Woods' Three Words Explain His Greatness

Steve Siebold | Posted 05.13.2013 | Sports
Steve Siebold

Tiger Woods wins again, this time at the TPC Sawgrass walking away with his second Player's Championship victory. It's Tiger's fourth win of the 2013 PGA Tour season, and probably won't be his last this year.

A Star Is Born

Richard J. Rosendall | Posted 05.10.2013 | Gay Voices
Richard J. Rosendall

On April 28, Collins was a respected journeyman backup center. On April 29, he found stardom in the hard and brave act of becoming a hero and role model for sexual minority youth. Lighting a path for others - few stars shine brighter than that.

Around the World in 80 Sports: Lightweight Female American vs. Heavyweight Muay Thai Boxer

Dana McMahan | Posted 05.10.2013 | Travel
Dana McMahan

I embarked on a little project in 2010, though I didn't know it yet. When I climbed into an open air boxing ring in sultry Bangkok to take a Muay Thai lesson (battering, more like), so began a series of adventures I'm retroactively dubbing Around the World in 80 Sports.

Our Mothers Played Hard and We Won

Kim Turner | Posted 05.10.2013 | Women
Kim Turner

From grandmother to mother to daughter, the women in our family experienced firsthand the many gifts of sports, but also the academic and professional advantages. Sports gave us a sense of ourselves, our power, and the willingness to dig deep to turn challenging situations around.

Stop Child Abuse in Sport

Anita L. DeFrantz | Posted 05.09.2013 | Sports
Anita L. DeFrantz

We wish to make a commitment to learn more about the problem and to combat it by taking steps to educate and ensure that those organizations involved in youth sports implement policies to stop abuse.

Why Did I Want a Gay Jackie Robinson?

John Michael | Posted 05.09.2013 | Sports
John Michael

Jackie Robinson knew that his behavior and his alone could determine for the league and for the country whether or not blacks and whites would ever be able to assemble together. He had to be unflappable.

Jason Collins: The Christian War?

Richard Brand | Posted 05.09.2013 | Religion
Richard Brand

There may be different ideas of who can claim to be speaking as a Christian, but one of the things that has to be at the center of all definitions is that we are called to love the world as God so loved the world. Jason deserves better than he has gotten from a lot of so called Christians.

What Happens in Vegas (Ends up on ESPN)

Ari Weisbrot | Posted 05.08.2013 | Sports
Ari Weisbrot

Rob Gronkowski is, perhaps, one of the best tight ends to play the game and a likely hall of famer. Predictably, we have seen a lot of Rob this off-season, mostly featured in stories about his "off-the-field" antics.

When Big Data in Sports Fails

Kai Sato | Posted 05.07.2013 | Sports
Kai Sato

Big data solutions can help teams filter out specific types of players, but it often doesn't go nearly deep enough when evaluating a player's potential. With the current model in place, it's not cost-efficient to see all players who meet a team's specific criteria.

Soccer Fans in the Gulf Vote With Their Feet

James Dorsey | Posted 05.07.2013 | Sports
James Dorsey

Fans are voting with their feet. Not in mass protests -- as those that toppled the leaders of Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen -- but by staying away from matches. What effectively amounts to a fan boycott, is most evident in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Sports and Fitness: A Source of Empowerment for At-Risk Girls

Girls With Sole | Posted 05.07.2013 | Impact
Girls With Sole

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgBeing an athlete teaches you to get up when you fall, and to be resilient in times of pain or adversity. The at-risk communities and kids in the system have very little, if any, access to fitness programs.

Chris Kluwe: Gay Rights More Important To Me Than Football

HuffPost Live | Posted 05.06.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

It looks like Chris Kluwe's time with the Minnesota Vikings has come to a close. The team's 8 year punter was cut Tuesday morning, a year before his c...

Jacqueline Howard

WATCH: 'Body Hacking' May Boost Athletic Power

HuffingtonPost.com | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 05.06.2013 | Science

Will the athletes of the future be scientifically optimized superhumans? It's not as far out as you might think. Surgery, blood augmentation, and g...

Knicks vs. Pacers

Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 05.06.2013 | Sports
Jay Gordon, MD

My friend and excellent mom Jess has a great analytical basketball mind. She wrote this guest post this morning. Pacers-Knicks Discuss - George or ...

Jason Collins Comes Out: More 'Yeah, So What' Than 'OMG'

Michael Kimmel | Posted 05.03.2013 | Sports
Michael Kimmel

But wait. Let's not rush too quickly into an orgy of premature self-congratulation. Yes, it's okay to come out -- if you're a celebrity. But in the hearts of Americans, homophobia remains quite alive. It just may be about more than just gay people.