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Is Fantasy Football Gambling?

Gateway Foundation

Keep reading to discover how fantasy football compares to sports betting and how it can harm someone in recovery. Fantasy football is a game that allows you to manage your own NFL team. Competing against friends, you start by drafting a team of real NFL players and score points based on their performance each week.

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13 Pro Athletes With Problem Gambling Addictions

Gateway Foundation

Learn more about gambling problems in the professional sports world and how treatment can help you regain control over your life. His sports gambling was deemed more condemning — as the manager, he could have easily influenced the team’s results. Here are 13 professional athletes with documented gambling addictions. John Daly 2.

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Pelé, Sports, and Hope

Beyond Advocacy

They all lived incredible lives, but none more remarkable than the diminutive footballer who dominated his sport more than any before him. For most people on the planet, soccer is a misnomer for the sport of football. As a sports enthusiast, I must ration my time spent watching games. But he made up for it with heart and genius.

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Dealing with the Emotional Fallout of Physical Sports Injuries

Beautiful Voyager

When you see a huge, seemingly "manly" NFL player weeping after an ACL injury, I can all but assure you it is due to the loss of what they love, which is football, and not due to pain. This can be especially hard on athletes who have dedicated their whole lives to their sport.

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18 Athletes Who Drank Too Much Alcohol

Gateway Foundation

Babe Ruth is known as one of the greatest sports players in American history. Mantle began drinking at an early age, and in a 1994 Sports Illustrated interview, said how he used it as a crutch to overcome his loneliness and shyness in the public eye. Eleven months later, he was reinstated by the NFL and drafted by the Raiders.

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The Jon Gruden Case and Why the NFL Still Isn’t Serious About Social Justice

Swhelper

On October 11th, the National Football League (NFL) community was shocked when news surfaced that Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden announced his resignation just five weeks into the season. Gruden was one of the most high-profile figures in the NFL over the last 20 years, serving both as a Super Bowl-winning Head Coach […].

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Smokehouse Pictures and Sports Illustrated Studios Announce Upcoming Docuseries on Explosive OSU Abuse Scandal

Karen Zgoda

SMOKEHOUSE PICTURES AND SPORTS ILLUSTRATED STUDIOS TO TACKLE EXPLOSIVE TRUE STORY OF ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE AND COVER-UP AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. Docuseries will be the first of its kind to extensively examine the decades-long scandal uncovered in the Sports Illustrated digital cover story by Executive Editor Jon Wertheim.