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Jason McElwain, nicknamed J-Mac (born October 20, 1988), is an American amateur athlete in basketball and marathon running, and a public speaker with high-functioning autism. In a 2006 high-school basketball game, he scored 20 points in the final few minutes of the contest, a feat which attracted international media attention.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a type of brain damage that has been found in 345 of 376 deceased former National Football League (NFL) players, according to a 2023 report by the Boston University CTE Center, which has led the effort to diagnose CTE cases.
Breanna Clark (born November 4, 1994) is an American Paralympic athlete who has competed in T20 category races. She was diagnosed with autism at age four. [1] Career
Tennis player Jenson Brooksby practices at the USTA national campus while his coaches Rhyne Williams, back left, and Eric Nunez watch, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Lisa Christina Llorens, OAM [1] (born 17 January 1978) [2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She was born in Canberra. [2] She specialises in Paralympic high jumping, long jumping, and sprinting, participating in competitions for athletes with autism. [3] Llorens is known as "The Cheetah" because she has a great affinity with cheetahs.
Still, the news that an elite traditional sport athlete might be quite so devoted to a video game is a revelation which subverts the classic, outdated understanding of who sportspeople are: pro ...
In the mid-to-late 2010s, professional athletes began to host their own podcasts, often covering the sports they played and leagues they were involved in. Sometimes, these player-hosts were still active upon the launch of their podcasts. Professional athlete-hosted podcasts began to become more widespread in the 2020s.