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Dear Notre Dame

A message to Notre Dame football fans, from your new head coach Marcus Freeman.

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It’s Story Time

Imagine it. I’m out there shooting bricks, yelling out Kobe, on a busted hoop in Cameroon. Seven years later, I was playing Kobe.

There Will Be Blood

I saw the blood on the ice, but I didn’t know the right side of my face was caved in.

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I’m not out here trying to write about Ty Lue, or about practice. I’m tired of these same old topics.

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The Real Terrell Owens

The legendary NFL receiver explores the journey through his Hall of Fame career and how he became the infamous 'T.O.'

The Real Oksana Masters

Oksana Masters is a survivor and a gold medalist. But she doesn't want to be defined by how you see her. She's uniquely herself.

The Real Eddy Curry

Since Eddy Curry entered the NBA, his story's been shaped by people who can't imagine the pain he's endured. This is the real Eddy Curry.

LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF

Letter to My Younger Self

The thing about Chicago basketball is, it’s not even a sport. I mean, it is, but not like that. It’s more like a fight.

Letter to My Younger Self

What I really want you to know is that even at 33, that hunger you have now is still here. That drive to keep getting better hasn’t left yet.

Letter to My Younger Self

I want to tell you about the most difficult thing you will ever experience, more difficult than anything that will ever happen on the football field.

Letter to My Younger Self

“It’s 1991, you’re 35-and-a-half years old, you have two bad knees and seven months left on your contract…you’re going to become a professional wrestler.”