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Black MLB Athletes Discuss Racism and Injustices on “Voices from the League,” Presented by Momentum

2020

Join us as we host a conversation about race, police violence, leadership, and progress from prominent black athletes in Major League Baseball. See more...

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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award–winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black,...

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
2018
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Michael Phelps: ‘I Can’t See Any More Suicides’

In the documentary “The Weight of Gold,” Phelps presents a stark picture of the mental wear and tear Olympians endure.

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Matthew Futterman
2020
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Combating Depression and Anxiety in Sports

Recent tragedies reveal the silent stigma in sports.

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Patrick Elliott Ph.D.
2018
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When Life Grabs You by the Baseballs: Finding Happiness in Life’s Changeups

When dreams collapse . . . Jon Peters had it all: record-breaking high school baseball pitcher, on the cover of Sports Illustrated, a beautiful girlfriend. He was going to play professional baseball. He was going to have everything he’d ever wanted.

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Jon Peters, Ginger Kolbaba
2018
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Male Depression and Anxiety in Athletes

Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history with 28 medals, has acknowledged that after the 2012 games, his longtime depression was so overwhelming he thought about killing himself.

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Diane Herbst
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What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen

The heartbreaking story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose life and death by suicide reveal the struggle of young people suffering from mental illness today in this #1 New York Times Sports and Fitness bestseller.

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Kate Fagan
2025
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How Olympians Are Fighting to Put Athletes’ Mental Health First

More athletes are reporting mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, psychiatric conditions and eating disorders.

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Alice Park
2021
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