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Former #1 overall draft pick, nine year NFL offensive tackle, Jake Long, returns to The University of Michigan. While revisiting the friendships and love he for

Jake Long

Welcome to First Step, a video series featuring athletes engaging the communities most affected by today’s social issues, from healthcare access and gender equa

Brandon Marshall

Well, that sucks. I tore my Achilles. I'm done for the season. Now, I guess I'll have to be the best Hawks fan in the world.

Richard Sherman

Whether he was rehabbing an injury or striving to learn something new, Maurice always finds himself coming back to UCLA when it's time to get better.

Maurice Jones-Drew

Welcome to Homecoming, presented by Hyundai. This series features the return of seven current and former NFL players to their alma maters - the universities....

Hines Ward

If you saw last week's video, you know that we had a little fun with Mike Davis and his hairline. Well, I want you to know what we're doing here isn't just....

Richard Sherman

When you’re released in this league, it doesn’t happen gradually. Most of the time, you just go from being on the team to being nobody.

Jamaal Charles

Welcome to First Step, a video series featuring athletes engaging the communities most affected by today’s social issues, from healthcare access and gender equa

Charles (Peanut) Tillman

This week, I'm checking in on a few things, like what's at Sheldon Richardson's locker, what Michael Bennett is reading and the state of Mike Davis's hairline.

Richard Sherman

It wasn’t until I blocked out all the outside noise and just focused on what was important to me that things became a lot clearer.

Braden Lenzy

Everybody's been talking about Lonzo Ball ... mostly because of his dad. Everybody seems to have an opinion on him and how he's all in front of the cameras...

Richard Sherman

The result of the game is what captured people’s attention. But the process that led up to that — the way this program stayed together and how its fans never st

Zaire Franklin

Problem is, I don't know how to cook. But I'm gonna fake it 'till I make it. Lights, camera ... action!

Richard Sherman

Sometime in the last decade, I think Texas lost that culture of accountability. We became more scared of losing than committed to winning.

Michael Huff

Patterson Dental was a backup plan. And later that week, when I went to Vikings rookie camp, I would find out whether or not I needed it.

Adam Thielen

I’ve been thinking a lot about Puerto Rico lately. It’s really crazy what’s going on in there right now.

Richard Sherman

When Colin Kaepernick kneeled for the national anthem the first time, all he was protesting was police brutality — unarmed black men that were being killed.

Richard Sherman

I know there are a number of ways we could have won that game, but I’m always going to feel very humbled that I got the honor of putting us across the goal line

James White

I developed almost every skill that makes me a great pass rusher by playing another sport. And without those skills, I would never have made it to the NFL, let

Dwight Freeney