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When Winning Leads to Losing: How to Recover From Setbacks

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“I don’t recognize the guy in the mirror,†says top-ranked middleweight boxer Daniel “The Honey Badger†Hayes. Hayes came out of a winning fight on December 3, 2016 with a fractured left hand that required surgery five days later. “It’s tough to look in the mirror because I’m used to […]

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The Making of a YogiAthlete: How a Defensive Back Tackled A Pass to Yoga and Entrepreneurship

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“I’m still going through withdrawal from football. The transition was life changing. I wasn’t expecting to do what I ended up doing,†remarks former professional arena football player Amir Madison. Amir was a defensive back with the Bloomington Edge, in the Northeast Division of Champions Indoor Football. At the age […]