March Madness is here. The high-stakes, sudden-death college basketball
tournament is a beloved tradition in American sports. For the players,
it’s a chance to showcase the skills they’ve developed through years of
hard training of the body and mind. In many cases, that push produces
incredible feats of athletic performance. But an investigation by
reporters Julia Haney and Elizabeth Santos has found instances in which
athletes allege that the push from coaches goes too far. Emotional abuse
by coaches, some athletes maintain, can cause lasting, even irreparable
damage. On this episode of The Sunday Story, we hear from athletes who
fought back.
*A warning that today’s story includes mentions of sexual and emotional abuse, suicide, bullying and includes explicit language.
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