The Players Tribune

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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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Of all the lessons I learned, I keep thinking back about the first one: They won’t know your name. I’m willing to guess more people know our name than they did

Thomas Walkup

My parents come to games at the Garden sometimes, and every time they do they say, “Do you see how many No. 4 jerseys there are in the crowd?” I do. And I appre

Isaiah Thomas

I’ll never forget the first time I got lost in the cold ass weather up here.

Patrick Patterson

With the NFL draft on the horizon, your favorite team will be adding a few new employees soon. With this in mind, we asked incoming rookies to "apply" for their

Antonio Longino

With the NFL draft on the horizon, your favorite team will be adding a few new employees soon. With this in mind, we asked incoming rookies to "apply" for their

Bralon Addison

I always loved basketball, but when I was little — even when I was 13 and 14 — I was going to horse race. I didn’t even practice basketball that much.

Nikola Jokić

We want to win something bigger than that. Something shinier, with a little more heft to it. This is the best time. This is playoff time.

Jamie Benn

The elevator ride to floor 5 feels like when a Roman gladiator enters the Coliseum for battle. As I walk to the locker room, I catch a little glimpse of the Mad

Keith Yandle

Go to work. That was the message my dad would always text me before games.

Wayne Ellington

I’m going to tell you something you probably didn’t know. Toronto is a baseball city.

Marcus Stroman

It’s no coincidence that the best years of my career coincided with me doing the TV show.

Dhani Jones

This is a small club that is showing the world what can be achieved through spirit and determination. Twenty-six players. Twenty-six different brains.

Claudio Ranieri

Legendary pitcher on the mound. Legendary outdoorsman off of it.

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As a kid, my goal was never to play in the NFL. That was considered kind of a pipe dream. I wanted to be the next Tim Couch.

Jacob Tamme

We’re the defending world champions. We’re the only team in baseball that has an opportunity this year to go to a third straight World Series. To win back-to-ba

Eric Hosmer