Talent. A Football Scholarship. Then Crushing Depression.
A promising wide receiver hit rock bottom with mental illness and is among a number of college athletes learning about, and dealing with, depression.
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CreditJeff Zelevansky/Getty Images Notre Dame 36, Syracuse 3
With Poise and Pinstripes, Notre Dame Rolls Past Syracuse in the Bronx
The emphatic victory moved the Fighting Irish closer to an undefeated regular season and bolstered their chances to be part of the championship playoff.
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CreditMatt Rourke/Associated Press Who Will Make the N.F.L. Playoffs? Here’s Your Guide
The Rams, Chiefs, Patriots, Steelers and Saints are all but guaranteed to be in the postseason. But what about the others?
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CreditAtsushi Tomura/Getty Images On Golf
Swing Doctors? Top L.P.G.A. Players Prefer to Heal Themselves
More and more women’s pros are eschewing coaches. The secret, they say, is knowing your own swing.
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CreditMary Altaffer/Associated Press Carmelo Anthony: The Square-Peg Superstar
Another N.B.A. chapter ends poorly for Anthony, who always seems to be unable, or unwilling, to fit in.
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CreditBruce Bennett/Getty Images A Concussion Lawsuit Has Been Settled. A Commissioner’s Legacy Is Unclear.
In an essay, Ken Dryden contends that Gary Bettman needs to look beyond the N.H.L.’s legal victory last week if he truly cares how he is perceived years from now.
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Nets 115, Wizards 104
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CreditBrad Mills/USA Today Sports, via Reuters N.B.A.: Nets Register First Victory Since Caris LeVert’s Ugly Injury
Also, the Knicks lost in New Orleans after fading in the fourth quarter, and Sue Bird joined the Nuggets’ front office.
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CreditJustin T. Gellerson for The New York Times He Was 302 Pounds, but in This Battle, He’s David and Not Goliath
As president of the N.F.L. Players Association, Eric Winston is up against billionaire owners, the commander in chief and an existential threat to football itself.
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CreditTroy Taormina/USA Today Sports, via Reuters The Rocky Rockets Settle Down and the Warriors Get Weird
Peace and wins may be breaking out in Houston. As for those guys from the Bay Area, it’s going in the other direction.
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CreditElise Amendola/Associated Press Another U.S.A. Gymnastics Executive Steps Down
Ron Galimore, the longtime chief operating officer for U.S.A. Gymnastics, became the latest high-profile departure from the embattled organization.
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CreditPeter Aiken/Getty Images, left; Denis Poroy/Associated Press N.F.L. Week 11 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
The week features a meeting of 9-1 teams, the Saints looking for a ninth straight win, and a huge battle in the N.F.C. North.
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Credit You Think the Giants and the Jets Are Bad Now? They’ve Been Worse
Giants’ and Jets’ fans are suffering through a second straight miserable season. But it’s been worse.
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CreditCaitlin O'Hara for The New York Times Life in N.F.L. Purgatory
Where do N.F.L. players go when they are cut? Plenty end up at a gym in Phoenix where they can stay in shape and trade war stories.
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CreditAlessandro Grassani for The New York Times A Hall of Famer in Exile: Larry Brown’s Italian Adventure
Brown’s renowned wanderlust carried him to 15 coaching jobs in a five-decade career. His latest post is in Italy, and, so far, it hasn’t been easy.
