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Swifter, higher, stronger – and poorer
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Caitlin Compton won the 5-kilometer-freestyle title at the U.S. Cross Country Championships last year in Anchorage, Alaska, then flew home to Minneapolis.
The next day she was back at work. Cleaning toilets.
“I’m not too proud to admit it,” she says.
To get a break on rent, Compton cut a deal with her apartment complex [...]
Ex Pros: They Can’t Go Forward, They Can’t Go Back
If ever there were a San Diego Charger whose postcareer success has matched his years spent on the field, it’s the great Ron Mix. Mix’s glory years came in the 1960s, when the Chargers were in the American Football League. Back in the day, Mix was listed at 6’ 4” and 250 pounds, known as a weight [...]
Goodell defends NFL efforts on concussions to House committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league’s policies on concussions before Congress on Wednesday.
That frustrated several members of the House Judiciary Committee, including the committee chairman, Michigan Democrat John Conyers, when Goodell told him [...]
For Pro Athletes, Business School Is No Game
With so many pro ballplayers quickly losing their fortunes, attending B-school may offer more than a career boost: It can be a lifeline.
Former NFL Player Pursuing MBA Candidacy
Cleveland Browns training camp opened on Aug. 1 and Lennie Friedman didn’t care.
There were no heart palpitations. No sweaty palms. No feelings of remorse and no second thoughts and no yearning for a final moment in the Berea, Ohio, sun. As old offensive line chums like Hank Fraley and Ryan Tucker and Joe Thomas slammed into one another as if they were [...]
How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke
Recession or no recession, many NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball players have a penchant for losing most or all of their money. It doesn’t matter how much they make. And the ways they blow it are strikingly similar…
Goodell reassures retired players on benefits
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reassured retired players that their pensions and disability benefits would not be reduced in a labor dispute next year, refuting statements made by the NFL Players Association.
In a letter to the NFL Alumni Board of Directors on Wednesday, Goodell wrote that claims made by the union — including NFLPA executive director DeMaurice [...]
Bret Boone, the Reluctant Retiree: The Postgame Show
RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif.
The comeback was born here, silver spoon in its mouth, in a mansion outside San Diego, amid the spoils and luxuries of Bret Boone’s 14-year major league career. It was surrounded, loved and nurtured by family. It never wanted for any material thing. It was given the space to grow at its [...]
Olympic Ventures: Athletes become entrepreneurs
While Olympic athletes receive funding from their respective sport associations, athletes who are setting up businesses are those who are thinking ahead to when they leave their sport or who need income to support families.
When Wealth and Family Might Not Be Enough
Not so long ago, you wouldn’t have needed to ask Peter Boulware what brought purpose to his life. Purpose was a three-point stance, a speed-rush and a quarterback planted in the turf. Purpose was staying strong, staying healthy, staying paid. Off the NFL field, where he spent eight seasons, made four Pro Bowl teams and [...]
