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How Wrestler Mack Beggs Found a Higher Calling as a Trans Activist

By Mack Beggs, as Told to Sydney Bauer — 2021

In 2018, high school wrestler Mack Beggs made international headlines with a photograph showing him performing a winning move against an opponent in the Texas State girl’s wrestling tournament. At the time, Beggs was transitioning, but he was barred by Texas law from competing in boys’ wrestling competitions. Now, after wrestling in college for a few years, Beggs has refocused on activism, helping young trans kids across the country be the best versions of themselves.

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2021, the Year Black Athletes Gave Mental Health the Spotlight It Deserves

Tennis star Naomi Osaka and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles were part of the movement in 2021 by athletes to amplify the need to pay closer attention to mental health issues which have inspired millions of athletes on all levels of play.

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A. Sherrod Blakely
2021
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Why Athletes Develop Eating Disorders

Learn why eating disorders tend to occur in athletes, and what you can do to recognize and get help for sports-related anorexia and bulimia.

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Elizabeth Shimer Bowers
2014
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The True Mental Health Toll for Athletes When The Elite Bubble Bursts

Former professional athletes describe the unique experience.

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Gemma Askham
2021
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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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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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Yahoo Sports: ‘Why Not Roll the Dice?’ Lamar Odom’s Risky Road Back from Addiction and Depression

It is now more than five years since Odom’s drug abuse prematurely ended his NBA career, destroyed his marriage to Khloe Kardashian and left him comatose for three days in a Las Vegas hospital.

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Jeff Eisenberg
2021
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‘When You Get Home It’s Really Lonely’: New Research Shows How Athletes Cope with Post-Olympic Life

With the Olympics drawing to a close, many athletes will begin to turn their attention to a crucial yet daunting question: what’s next?

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Joe Giddens
2021
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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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With Her Candor, Osaka Adds to Conversation About Mental Health

In making herself vulnerable, Naomi Osaka joined other noteworthy athletes in pushing a once-taboo subject into the open.

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Alan Blinder
2021
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Athletes Share Their Mental Health Coping Strategies

Struggles with anxiety and depression can affect anyone—even the greatest performers in sports

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Brad Stulberg
2018
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