A tennis player has to manage the pressure of competing alone, while a baseball player faces long stretches between moments ...

Breathe in for six seconds, hold for two seconds, breathe out for seven seconds. Selk encourages his athletes to do the mental workout at least three times a week and gives them a 72-hour rule: Don’t ...

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The Cleveland Cavaliers looked like a shell of their normal selves in a shocking loss Sunday to the Toronto Raptors. The team went 10-40 from deep, which was still better than Toronto's mark of 4-30.

Toughness is synonymous with success. Just look at “Bad Boy” Pistons and the “Ewing Era” Knicks, who prided themselves on their mental and physical resilience. And UCLA men’s basketball (5-2) had its ...

Matt Painter writes it on the board before every game before plays — "be mentally and physically tougher than our opponent." On Saturday, Painter believed Wisconsin brought the fight to Purdue, rather ...

Dusty May and his staff made a crucial adjustment in practice as Michigan basketball prepared for the postseason.

CINCINNATI — The blueprint wasn’t exactly the same. Yet with ample time still remaining in the second half, the Colorado men’s basketball team found itself in a situation that recently has become ...