On the Field

I’d rather be seen as different because I’m an athlete at the top of my game. That’s something that not everybody can say.

It’s a difficult business being a kicker. There are only 32 teams out there and many more strong legs. You’re constantly kicking for...

This is a story about how a mental health problem took my job away from me. And about how, three years later, I am doing that job again.

Reflecting on it all these years later, I realize that the streak was never about the streak. It was about giving all I could for the team I loved

Tennis is a sport where you are constantly having to prove yourself.

Everyone remembers Malcolm Butler’s interception to win the Super Bowl this past year, but I’ll never forget the play right before it.

San Jose Earthquakes striker Chris Wondolowski explains his job.

Reds All-Star Todd Frazier reflects on the 1998 Little League World Series championship.

Let’s not mess around. These are the five greatest SummerSlam matches of all time. You might as well just copy and paste this into Wikipedia when you’re done re

The best sports reads from around the web.

Veteran guard Jameer Nelson on elite guards being the most prominent figures in the NBA.

Olympic beach volleyball hopefuls Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson introduce themselves -- by introducing each other. Take it away, guys.

I remember walking out onto the pitch for the 2010 World Cup Final and being blown away by the flashes of cameras and mobile phones. There were 84,000 people in

As a rugby nation,mplished many great things, but there’s still one big box left to be ticked, one last trophy to be lifted: the Rugby World Cup.

Junior is remembered for so much more than the player he was on the field. He’s remembered for the gentle giant he was off it and the joy he brought to every pe

As we reach the conclusion of another week, the team at TPT wanted to take a moment to reflect on a few of the posts that we've put up on the site that you...

A lot of times when athletes get hurt in a gruesome way, they don't really talk about it. For me? My worst injury was the biggest moment in my career.

You might think that starting my career so young, I got sick of football at some point, or considered doing something else.

I’m back. I didn't have enough time to get to every player I wanted to get to in the first post. So this weekend I fired up the old YouTube player again and did

Do I have a fear of crashing? Hell yeah, I do. I’m scared all the time. I’m constantly nervous when I’m on that bike, no matter what trick I’m trying.

How many times have you heard this line before? “Aw come on, it wasn’t a great save. He shot it right into the goalie’s glove!” It...

The wall is a lot higher than people think. You have to jump as high as you can. You gotta really get up there.

People have told me all sorts of things about the last play of Super Bowl XLVIII. I wouldn’t know. Whenever it comes on, I turn away.

I was 20 years old, the gold medal favorite for the Sochi Winter Olympics, and I was staring up at a hospital ceiling. The Olympics started in 10 days.