By Carolyn L. Todd — 2018
Because they know how to help you cope under pressure.
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With the Olympics drawing to a close, many athletes will begin to turn their attention to a crucial yet daunting question: what’s next?
At the Tokyo Olympics, Japanese athletes who fell short of gold have apologized profusely — sometimes, even after winning silver.
Seventy-one years later, Abel Kiviat still gets annoyed when he remembers the footsteps from behind that cost him a gold medal in the 1912 Olympics.
Regret means you wish you would have done something differently...but you can't.
Many athletes have Olympic-sized dreams, but in reality, only a handful actually make it that far. It takes the perfect combination of discipline, dedication, persistence, talent, skill — and even luck — to successfully compete in the world’s biggest competitive arena.
Basketball legend lauds 'profound influence' of Black athletes when it comes to social justice.
The cultural messages can be harsh, dehumanizing and constant
Gay pro baseball player Bryan Ruby shares his favorite books about LGBT athletes, plus his entire reading list.
Myth making, policy making and never the twain should meet.
Plateaus are tough mothers. They happen for a few reasons, but a big one is that the human body really doesn’t like to go outside of its’ safe little shell. The brain also doesn’t like to move outside of its’ cave.