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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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As a kid, Cam Newton dreamed about building his own shoe. With the C1N launch, his vision comes to life.

Cam Newton

The relationship between a driver and a race engineer is paramount to a team’s success. After eight years together,Simon Pagenaud and Ben Bretzman have one of t

Simon Pagenaud

Follow along as McCoy explains how he balances family time with his eighth football season and shares his motivation to make it to the playoffs in 2017.

Gerald McCoy

Non mi definisco un manager. Mi considero un allenatore del settore giovanile. Faccio questo perché mi piace insegnare. Mi diverto e ho passione. E mi piace mig

Massimiliano Allegri

To play in my first All-Star Game — and for it to be in the city that I play in — was a dream come true.

Breanna Stewart

This whole ride started with one crazy idea from Coach D’Antoni.

James Harden

Gift Ngoepe, from Randburg, South Africa, is a major league baseball player, and he got a hit in his very first at bat in the big leagues.

Gift Ngoepe

To my players, I really just want to say: Thank you. Thank you for giving me a season I’ll always remember.

Chris Collins

It was impossible to take a bad photograph of Michael Jordan... Michael was the perfect combination — the right person in the right place at the right time — to

Walter Iooss Jr.

Let me prove to you how Kentucky I am right off the bat.

Makayla Epps

On Sunday, Kevin Durant made his eighth NBA All-Star appearance. The Players’ Tribune spent the day hanging out behind the scenes with the Warriors' forward in

The Players' Tribune

I was playing for my dad now. I was playing for his dream of having a son in the NBA. From that day forward, I felt like no one could stop me.

Pascal Siakam

As a general rule of thumb in hockey, you never want the GM to pop his head into the locker room after practice and ask if he can see you for a second.

Mike Fisher

All I was thinking about was getting back on the ice at Madison Square Garden. You gotta die somewhere, right?

Jed Ortmeyer

We can’t afford to just sit around and expect things to somehow get better on their own. This is a critical moment in time.

Malcolm Jenkins

The way I became a goalie. I was playing forward on this one team when I was little, and there was another team that needed a backup goalie.

Martin Brodeur

This is not your typical Wayne Gretzky interview. This is Life Out Loud. Listen as The Great One narrates the story of his life.

Wayne Gretzky

It’s June 8th, 2004, about 11 p.m. in Los Angeles. You’ve just lost the most important game of your 28-year-old life. And you’re about to walk onto the Detroit

Chauncey Billups

Seattle Storm star Sue Bird laments the lack of analytics in today's WNBA.

Sue Bird

A lot of boxers talk. I like to train. After being away from the ring for a while, now I know what I'm training for. My next fight is official.

Andre Ward