The Movember Foundation has funded an initiative through the Prevention
Institute called ‘Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among
Men and Boys’ that has 14 community-led projects working to...
Legendary Canadian ultrarunner Rob Krar has joined forces with the Movember
Foundation to raise awareness of the crisis in men’s mental health. Rob
became a star in the ultra-long-distance running world...
We catch up with Executive Producer Brandon Marshall as he leads a meditation
class at his facility “House of Athlete”. Brandon also discusses his own
personal mental health issues and a career after...
Mental health is part of the national discussion thanks to athletes like
Kevin Love, Michael Phelps and DeMar DeRozan. But the first prominent
athlete to reveal his struggles may have been Brandon Marshall...
Baltimore Raven TE Hayden Hurst showed us in HEADSTRONG: Mental Health and
Sports how he uses his struggles with mental health to help kids in his
hometown of Jacksonville, FL.
Every summer Justice Winslow holds a clinic for kids in his hometown of
Houston. In this HEADSTRONG EXTRA, you’ll see how the clinic, run by his
mother and a childhood friend helps the community.
- In HEADSTRONG: Mental Health and Sports, you saw how former Oregon State
soccer player Nathan Braaten turned a teammate’s suicide into a
conference-wide movement helping students deal with mental health...
Former Oregon State soccer player told us in HEADSTRONG: Mental Health and
Sports how he turned depression after a teammate’s suicide into a movement.
That young man, Evan Munn, is now a leader of #...
As a young boy in Alberta, Canada, Clink Malarchuk wanted to be either a
cowboy or a hockey player. He became both. After an 11-year NHL career as a
goalie, he now runs a ranch in western Nevada.
Son of a Saint is a New Orleans based organization that provides mentors for
boys growing up without a father. Former Duke star and current Miami Heat
forward Justise Winslow is one of those mentors.
Robin Lehner has been a successful goalie in the NHL. Last season, he led
the Islanders to the playoffs and won the league’s Masterson Trophy, given
to the player who exemplifies perseverance and...
Former goalie Clint Malarchuk preaches awareness by promoting that mental
illness is a disease not unlike other life-threatening physical conditions.
Malarchuk survived one of hockey’s most horrific...
Ravens TE Hayden Hurst is not the first athlete to battle depression, but a
tragic family history made Hayden’s inability to perform in his first
career choice even more frightening as dark moments followed...
Prior to the Ravens selecting Hayden Hurst in the 1st Rd of the 2018 NFL
Draft, the kid from Jacksonville had already been one of the nation’s top
pro baseball prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates system.
The NBA has been at the forefront addressing mental health has a priority.
Players and Commissioner Adam Silver have discussed mental illness as a
possible epidemic for young people. Winslow revealed his...
Colleges have long been a hotbed for independent thinking. It often starts
with strong student speaking out. Two such students at Oregon State have
ignited attention regarding mental health among college...
As 11-year NHL veteran Clint Malarchuk discusses, there was a time when
hyper-focused athletes were expected to tough it out, be the hero and endure
anything that came their way.
One year ago, pitcher Brian Johnson was celebrating a World Series
Championship with his teammates. Johnson, who appeared in 38 games for the
Red Sox, did so only after getting counseling for anxiety and...
This week, the NBC Sports Regional Networks premier a new documentary which
examines the way sports are helping us to look at Mental Health issues in
society. It is called HEADSTRONG: Mental Health and...
A full-length documentary that explores the stigma around mental health and
hopes to shed light on the need for athletes, and everyone, to admit that
struggles with emotional and mental issues are part of...
