Aaron Rodgers, perhaps the most gifted N.F.L. quarterback of his generation, spent a week last month in Costa Rica with a handful of fellow pro football players in search of transformation. At a mountain retreat with views of the Pacific Ocean, they drank a psychedelic brew under the watchful eyes of a Yawanawa shaman and […]
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Prop bets like the one he placed are generally common in modern sports betting, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see high-dollar bets on whether LeBron James will have a triple-double in the playoffs or whether Steph Curry will make a certain number of three-pointers in the All-Star Game. But it is hard to imagine […]
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Screenshot: LockerRoomTalkPodcast As the 2024 NFL Draft approaches, hundreds of young people are set to possibly have their lives changed forever. This moment is the culmination of a lifetime of work and sacrifice, but if you’re in your early 20s, you may not yet be emotionally equipped to handle that degree of pressure. Michael Oher […]
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O.J. Simpson, who died on Wednesday at 76, lived a life that made him one of the most famous people in America, as well as, at various times, the most celebrated and most reviled. A Heisman Trophy winner when he played football at the University of Southern California, he reached superstar status as a running […]
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