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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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Five years later, he’s 35-0. And it starts at this house, our house, The Summit.

Abel Sanchez

A new start. A new season. The NFL's reigning MVP is ready to shine.

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When you’re teaching young players what makes Gretzky or Hull or Jagr great, you don’t need top-of-the-line weight machines or iPads.

Adam Oates

Welcome to Asked and Answered, a video series in which professional athletes answer questions posed by other athletes.

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This year’s U.S. Open is one of the most important tournaments of my career.

Milos Raonic

If it’s difficult to describe the love for a brother, it’s impossible to explain the loss of a brother.

Marty Burlsworth

I wanted to win a gold medal — not just because of what it would mean for me, but also for my country. Puerto Rico has never won a gold medal before in any Olym

Monica Puig

Experience Super Bowl 50 through the lens of Kevin Durant, who was a credentialed sideline photographer for the big game.

Kevin Durant

Women are still so objectified in the media and sports is no exception.

Megan Rapinoe

As I described this new league, I noticed the guys leaning in closer and closer to me, intrigued. I’ve never seen anything like it. All the players on the team,

Phil Mackenzie

It's hard to explain what Roberto Clemente means to Puerto Rico. I don’t know any words to describe an impact that big. He was an icon.

Carlos Beltrán

You’ve got the four Cullen men all in their underwear, doing lunges, talking about where I should shoot on the goalie tomorrow.

Matt Cullen

This is sick, I know, but when the Penguins made some moves at the trade deadline and I realized they wouldn't be able to fit me under the regular season salary

Pascal Dupuis

Es difícil explicar lo que Roberto Clemente significa para Puerto Rico. No conozco palabra alguna que pueda describir su impacto. Era un ídolo.

Carlos Beltrán

There are some pretty scary things in the world of a 12-year-old, and being rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night is probably close to the top.

Joshua Langford

I could give you the short version, or I could get my brothers on a conference call and tell the full story. I chose the second option.

Cody Zeller

My dream has always been to race at the Indy 500, with my older brother, Justin, alongside me. I will be making my Indy 500 debut on Sunday. But Justin won’t be

Stefan Wilson

Yogi Berra sat down right next to me on the bench. He had his pinstripes on, of course. It was a sunny day in Bradenton during spring training in ‘98.

Jorge Posada

Of course, my schedule presented problems. When school began last September I was studying the Ravens playbook instead of partial differential equations.

John Urschel

What’s funny is, everyone always wants to talk to me about boxing, but I’d rather talk art and acting and writing.

Mike Tyson

To people outside of the culture, the stereotypes of skateboarders is that we’re lazy or we’re all drug addicts, or we’re always out causing mischief. But that’

Manny Santiago