An NFL player’s viral speech was just 59 words. It captured the power of sports
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An NFL player thought he knew pressure. Then his mentor was diagnosed with cancer.
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A 90-Year-Old Climbed Kilimanjaro. He Shares His Longevity Tips.
Soon after Dr. Art Ulene reached the top of Kilimanjaro on his 90th birthday, he applied to Guinness World Records to check…
What Ryan Fox’s victory at the Open Championship can teach us about the science of belief
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More NHL teams than ever are without a captain. Does wearing the ‘C’ still matter?
Claude Giroux was 25 when he was named captain of the Philadelphia Flyers. Saddled with the front-facing responsibilities…
The tennis dialogue between player and coach writ large, by two of its rising stars
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Some of the best golfers in the world have done this mental exercise
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Inside Aryna Sabalenka’s playbook for bouncing back from tennis heartache
Aryna Sabalenka and her team have the Grand Slam catastrophe routine down by now. After the world No.…
Mauricio Pochettino isn’t a typical soccer coach, and it’s not just the lemons on his desk
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Top NBA teams make prospects take a 35-minute test. I tried it
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How to win a tennis match: The art of closing a Grand Slam final and managing pressure
PARIS — At some point this weekend, a man and a woman are going to have to do…
Rafael Nadal thought freezing cold showers helped him play his best. So I tried it
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