The Players Tribune

For The Record

The Players’ Tribune is a new media company that provides athletes with a platform to connect directly with their fans, in their own words. Founded by Derek Jeter, The Players’ Tribune publishes first-person articles from athletes, providing unique insight into the daily sports conversation. Through impactful and powerful long- and short-form articles, video series and podcasts, The Players’ Tribune brings fans closer than ever to the games they love.

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When I saw the red and blue flashing lights in my rear view mirror, I thought, "Okay, here we go."

Jason Collins

In February and March 1999, award-winning Sports Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss traveled to Havana to capture these images of...

Walter Iooss Jr.

On Sunday night, Kobe Bryant passed Michael Jordan on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

Kobe Bryant

Professor McCollum is back to break down the nuanced games of John Wall, Kyrie Irving, Damian Lillard and more.

CJ McCollum

Paul Pierce is almost too excited to be back in his old stomping grounds.

Paul Pierce

In the NBA, even if you know everybody’s game, most of the time there’s nothing you can do about it.

CJ McCollum

You know what a real distraction is? Maintaining a lie 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for most of your career, for most of your life.

Jason Collins

All athletes know that we will be under scrutiny from the media. But this concocted article was below the belt.

Tiger Woods

You can question my shooting. You can question my ceiling. Just don’t question if I’m giving my all every single night. Don’t talk to me...

Michael Carter-Williams

I would run routes over and over until they went from looking terrible to … just sort of terrible? But little by little, I improved,...

Julius Thomas

Cleaning out my locker on my final day at Yankee Stadium was harder than I thought.

Derek Jeter

So I did what I should’ve done on my own first day of school. I went and sat down next to the smartest kid in class, James Jones.

Kevin Love

For people to ever think we were playing for Donald Sterling is comical.

Blake Griffin

To be honest, many NFL players are reluctant to address such a sensitive issue. How do you fix a problem so big and complex?

Russell Wilson