Oklahoma Life of an Athlete

08/14/2024

01/18/2024

Follow the link for more information about drug use in athletes: https://addictionresource.com/guides/drugs-in-sports/

02/22/2022

Major League Baseball does have a treatment program policy for opioid use disorder, but it cuts players’ salaries in half after the first 30 days of treatment away from the club, and then completely after 60 days.

“One important way to understand what happened in the case of this tragic overdose death of a professional athlete is to recognize it as yet another tragic example … of what American society at large has been suffering through,” an addiction treatment expert said.

04/06/2017

Former Wisconsin and NFL running back Montee Ball told the Sporting News that alcoholism contributed to his downfall and his legal troubles. He now is sober and enrolled back in school.

11/01/2016

Jose Fernandez had co***ne in his system, and his blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit at the time of his deadly boating crash, according to a toxicology report obtained by ESPN.

09/08/2016

Where did it all go wrong for one of the most gifted players in college football history?

11/25/2015

For a third time in just more than a year, the NFL has suspended Carolina Panthers defensive end Frank Alexander for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. And this time it’s for at least a year. Alexander will begin serving his suspension immediately, and it’s likely to end his career with…

08/08/2015

The 49ers cut talented but troubled linebacker Aldon Smith following his arrest Thursday on hit and run, driving under the influence and vandalism charges.

05/13/2015

Long hours in practice might account for the higher concussion risk in high school and college football, a study finds. Some schools are retooling practice to reduce the number of hits.

05/12/2015

She may be the baddest woman on the planet, but even Ronda Rousey has her struggles. The MMA star's memoir details a childhood marked with tragedy and how achieving Olympic glory led her to dark pe...

05/11/2015

Nobody on the PGA Tour has had a year quite like Ricky Fowler's, and the part-Navajo phenom from Oklahoma State isn't done yet.

05/09/2015

It’s a cold, snowy night outside Abe Lemons Arena. Inside, nothing but warmth and love for Gary Inglett who is closing out a basketball career that’s been his rock through his life’s darkest times…...