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If Athletes Can Edit Their Own DNA, How Will We Detect It?

By Molly Campbell — 2021

The ability to edit the genetic code of a human being in vivo may have once seemed a far-off fantasy. But the advent of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, which saw Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has made it very much a reality.

Read on www.technologynetworks.com

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball—101 Great Hoop Stories from Players, Coaches, and Fans

Pat Williams has drawn on his basketball industry connections to compile great stories from on and off the court.

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Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Pat Williams
2025
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Two Sides of Glory: The 1986 Boston Red Sox in Their Own Words

Following an epic American League Championship Series win over the California Angels and just one out from winning their first World Series in sixty-eight years, the 1986 Boston Red Sox lost Game Six to the New York Mets in unforgettable and devastating fashion.

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Erik Sherman
2025
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The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

Jennifer Pharr Davis, a record holder of the FKT (fastest known time) on the Appalachian Trail, reveals the secrets and habits behind endurance as she chronicles her incredible accomplishments in the world of endurance hiking, backpacking, and trail running.

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Jennifer Pharr Davis
2025
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Sport Psychology—Inside the Mind of Champion Athletes | Martin Hagger at TEDxPerth

Martin Hagger is Professor of Psychology at Curtin University. His areas of expertise are social, health, sport and exercise psychology. He is involved in numerous research projects nationally and internationally with a focus on motivation and behavior change.

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2013
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Over It: How to Face Life’s Hurdles with Grit, Hustle, and Grace

Lolo is perhaps better known today not for all the races she’s won but for the millisecond mistake that cost her an Olympic gold medal over a decade ago.

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Lolo Jones
2025
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Never, Ever Give Up | Diana Nyad

In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that’s how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida—at age 64. Hear her story.

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2013
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The Wrestler: A Life of Passion and the Pursuit of Greatness

Michael Fessler peers into the life of a wrestler. From the internal struggles of balancing glory and humility, to the mental struggles of confidence and self-defeat, "The Wrestler" brings the reader into the competitive arena. And often times, aspects of this arena are hidden.

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Michael Fessler
2016
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Maria Sharapova on the Keys to Building Grit and Discipline

Maria Sharapova moved to the U.S. during the collapse of the Soviet Union when she was just six years old. Though she did not speak a word of English, her skills on the tennis court did all the talking, landing her a scholarship with an elite tennis camp.

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2017
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Misty Copeland—This Is How I Made It | Episode 11 | Cosmopolitan

Misty Copeland talks about how she overcame a devastating injury that almost prematurely ended her dancing career.

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Misty Copeland
2018
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Richard Davidson: The Neuroscience of Happiness

Talk from Professor Richard Davidson at "Creating a Happier World: an afternoon with the Dalai Lama and friends" - organized by Action for Happiness in London on 21 Sept 2015

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Richard Davidson
2016
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