Britt Hunter was the national HS🏀player of the year. A year later, after a devastating injury, she tried to take her own life. Now, after earning an MBA & stints teaching in Harlem & in the corporate world, she inspires athletes to control their own destinies
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Britt Hunter was consensus national HS🏀Player of the Year. She nearly ended her life after a devastating knee injury sent her spiraling. Now she uses lessons learned in sports, teaching in Harlem, biz school & corporate world to guide new generation
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The people behind the sex toys at WNBA games is an unlikely source: crypto traders.

USA TODAY tracked down the group and started with several questions, but perhaps most important:

WHY?

I'm practically in tears

After 45 years of umpiring and advocating for other women umpires, I'm about to witness what I was beginning to believe would never happen: Jen Pawol will be in uniform on the field in Atlanta this Saturday for the Marlins @ Braves doubleheader. www.mlb.com/news/jen-paw...

Jonathan Wynn has always been more than a 🏈 player. In the NFL, he wrote a novel. Now he & a partner have launched a nonprofit boosting BIPOC creatives & plan to open a coffee shop. Jonathan discusses how learning the history of Black Nashville shaped his vision.
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Jonathan Wynn has always been more than a 🏈 player. In the NFL, he wrote a novel. Now he & a partner have launched a nonprofit boosting BIPOC creatives & plan to open a coffee shop. Jonathan discusses how learning the history of Black Nashville shaped his vision.
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A new illustrated children’s biography tells the powerful story of Lakota athlete Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone & her work around the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & People crisis, environmental justice, & the fight against Native mascots
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Celso Castilho, director of Vanderbilt's Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latinx Studies, on protests by ⚽️ fans in Nashville & LA & the implications of ICE raids on the Club World Cup
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As if there was any doubt, it appears to be for the best that the Rose Bowl isn't hosting any World Cup games next year. From me + Paul MacInnes: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

On the heels of CMA Fest & in the midst of Pride Month, Bryan Ruby discusses his one-of-a-kind career as a pioneering LGBTQ country artist, pro ⚾ player & nonprofit founder. Watch or listen!
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Congrats to Frank Andre Guridy, the #NASSH2025 Book Award Monograph winner, for The Stadium, a masterful study of how colossal public venues provide the settings for sport/politics. #Skystorians #SportHistory ‪@cuhistorydept.bsky.social‬ @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

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Nick Cormier, founder of “The Fabric of Culture,” discusses the connections between athletes, marketing & fashion. As one apparel company founder said recently, “Sports stars are the new Hollywood stars.”
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What a treat to welcome former Vanderbilt AD and SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer back to campus today with his son, granddaughter & great-grandson. Kramer, 95, visited FirstBank Stadium & Memorial Gym and shared some great stories about his days in Nashville.

This is a touching story about the 31-year-old son of NBC Sports executive producer, Sam Flood.

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For trans equestrian rider, his horses 'were the one thing that never asked me any questions.'
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Heard Nic Cage was playing Madden, and I was like, oh, cool, a gamer -- I didn't picture this

From @theathletic.bsky.social: NFL owners voted Tuesday to allow the league’s players to try out for flag football teams at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. So who could comprise the 10-player roster? Our writer made his picks.

Hal Hershfelt isn't just a star midfielder for @washingtonspirit.com. She's a ninja at timing her coffee pickup at the airport.

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