If you are on medication for pain (as some athletes are), that is one thing.
Some athletes choose to set up a Facebook page and post updates, photos and contests.
That rankles some athletes and agents, and they hope to topple ESPN's cozy setup.
Some athletes say their positive test results for the drug were caused by eating beef.
Some athletes will say that they need to be "up" or to be whatever to win.
But I do think that some athletes are or can be artists, that is, folks involved in creative expression.
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Some athletes have come out as gay after they've left professional sports.
Students, children and people from community groups and sports clubs relaxed on the grass while some athletes were sprinting and others limbering up.
Aware that diagnosis of thyroid disorders among athletes is increasing, Catlin said he suspected that the some athletes were using the medication to enhance performance.
Similar mental impairment among college students who play American football, or gridiron was found in a US study - with some athletes suffering long-term damage.
Its secretary-general, Lalit Bhanot, said some athletes might pull out because of injury or other reasons, but there would still be "a very good field".
While there hasn't been any serious study about the relationship between marriage and performance in the NFL, the institution clearly seems to help some athletes.
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Some athletes quickly understand that they have the power to influence.
And even with the funding, some athletes were left behind.
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The Jamaican is in the midst of a two-year window which some athletes seem to reach in their careers where they can do nothing wrong - a purple patch.
Some athletes became ensnared, including two basketball team co-captains.
Some athletes receive a share of potential advertising revenue, while others might get money upfront to cover travel to a shooting destination or compensation might come in the form of a camera upgrade.
There were some athletes in attendance at E3, including NBA players like Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, and Eric Gordon, UFC fighter Chuck Liddell and WWE superstars past (Hulk Hogan) and present (The Miz, Kelly Kelly).
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The team is smaller than usual in part because some athletes have been given extra time to recover from last October's Commonwealth Games but UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee insisted he was still confident the team could amass a healthy medal haul.
For some lucky athletes, there are also bonuses being offered outside of direct national payments.
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In fact, some professional athletes are so worried about taxes that they decline to play in certain locations.
Some male athletes have come out as gay after they've left professional sports.
Mr. Epstein acknowledges the offensive conduct of some UFC athletes in the past.
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Some Paralympic athletes quickly expressed shock at the news of Ms. Steenkamp's killing, and described Mr. Pistorius as a standard-bearer for disabled sport.
Some student athletes have died from complications associated with the disease.
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Lady Grey-Thompson saw the London Games, with some 300 athletes in the British Paralympic team, as a "once in a lifetime opportunity to showcase disability sport".
While some gay athletes have expressed concerns about how earning potentials could be hurt by coming out, King said she thinks Collins' openness could have the opposite effect.
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