JTwo very different experiences – serving as a “guest coach” on the sidelines of a Division I football team and volunteering in a busy emergency department – showed me how badly the lack of care for women victims of domestic violence can be unequal and damaging. be. During the first decade of the 2000s, one …
Late last summer, two Indiana State University football players were killed in a car crash. Just over a week ago, three footballers from the University of were killed when shot by a former teammate. In either case, university leaders had to come up with a plan to support teammates and friends of deceased students. Sherard …
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Mental health was once considered a taboo subject in the hyper-competitive and macho world of sport. But as wages soared, social media gave fans a platform to vent and a global pandemic heightened the psychological toll, pressure and scrutiny mounted. So has the number of top athletes who have spoken publicly and candidly about their …
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Nov. 18 – NORWICH – After her penalty kick sailed over the crossbar, sealing an extra-time loss, Norwich Free Academy senior Alyssa Newson cried for quite a while. “Oh, it’s my fault,” she recalled thinking to herself. But that wasn’t true, Newson said she finally realized. Her Norwich Free Academy women’s football team had plenty …
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Police woke Indiana State Athletic Director Sherard Clinksdale early on August 21 with tragic news. Two of the college football players and another student died in a car accident. Clinksdale immediately began devising a plan to console and support the teammates and friends of the deceased teenagers. “There’s no playbook for something like this,” Clinksdale …
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It all started with a phone call before the start of the season last year. The Metropolitan Riveters were one year into their 2021 professional women’s ice hockey season inside the COVID pandemic bubble, and athlete mental health was a priority. For team captain Madison Packer, the issue was deeply personal, having lost loved ones …
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‘Defying all odds’: How these twin athletes overcame their torn ACL and dislocated knee injuries, together When it comes to twins, Griffin and Audrey Behrens couldn’t be much closer. Growing up, they were inseparable. They had the same thoughts, finished each other’s sentences and practically had their own language, remembers their mother, Michelle. Both were …
