The Amazing Way This NFL Team Just Stepped Up For Mental Health
“We need to accept that mental illness is a disease — and like any other disease, it needs stronger research, early screening and treatment, especially for young people,” Marshall wrote. The Amazing Way This NFL Team Just Stepped Up For Mental Health This time with footwear. Lindsay Holmes Deputy Healthy Living Editor, The Huffington Post The New York Jets may not be at the top of the NFL standings this season, but they’re certainly leading the charge when it comes to mental health advocacy. Multiple Jets players sported lime green cleats for Project 375, a mental health organization founded by Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall, during Monday night’s game against…
Marshall meshing with Jets, looking to prove himself again
He has been very open about having been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder a few years ago, and has been active in spreading mental health awareness. Marshall meshing with Jets, looking to prove himself again By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. – Associated Press – Wednesday, May 27, 2015 FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) – Brandon Marshall insists he didn’t need a fresh start, a departure from a suddenly decaying situation with the Chicago Bears. He’s in New York now, and looking to prove himself again – on a Jets team that’s young, hungry and highly proficient in trash talking on the practice field. “Every single day, it’s awesome,” the wide receiver said…
Brandon Marshall Talks Jets, Cutler and His Personality
I think it’s people who are going to accept me for who I am and see that it’s a personality, not a character issue. Brandon Marshall Talks Jets, Cutler and His Personality Pro-Bowl receiver expects Jets to make him their top receiving target in 2015 By STU WOO March 13, 2015 5:09 p.m. ET In his first conversation with reporters since being acquired by the Jets in a trade with the Chicago Bears, wide receiver Brandon Marshall on Friday addressed his past off-field issues and joined the rest of the team’s fan base in wondering who will be the starting quarterback when the season begins. “This is a great organization…
Watch: Bears’ Brandon Marshall appears in new mental health PSA
Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall is part of a new public service announcement meant to raise awareness around the unique challenges that men face when discussing mental health. Watch: Bears’ Brandon Marshall appears in new mental health PSA Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall is part of a new public service announcement meant to raise awareness around the unique challenges that men face when discussing mental health. The campaign is in partnership with Glenn Close’s non-profit organization Bring Change 2 Mind and also includes Edmonton Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens, musician Michael Angelakos and actor Wayne Brady. Marshall announced in 2011 that he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and…
Brandon Marshall’s Comeback
Marshall believes his borderline personality disorder was triggered by the stresses of his NFL career. Brandon Marshall’s Comeback Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall shares the story of his battle with borderline personality disorder. BRANDON MARSHALL places a foot on the broken concrete ledge of the old schoolyard and hoists himself up. Two drained Miller Lite cans crunch underfoot. He tucks his thumbs under the straps of his orange backpack and peers up at the Larimer School, a once-grand Italian Renaissance building named after this neighborhood in the east end of Pittsburgh. All of the elders in his neighborhood matriculated here, but it’s been closed for 34 years, its terrazzo…
Bears’ Marshall agrees to weekly TV gig
Through his TV appearances, Marshall also intends to expand the scope of his Project Borderline, a nonprofit organization devoted to raising awareness for borderline personality disorder, a malady that he has been struggling with for several years. Bears’ Marshall agrees to weekly TV gig By Fred Mitchell, Tribune reporter 5:22 p.m. CDT, September 6, 2012 The 2012 Bears are beginning to resemble the 1985 Bears, at least off the field. With quarterback Jay Cutler set to begin doing a weekly radio show starting Monday, his primary receiver Brandon Marshall has signed on to be a regular contributor on for WMAQ-Channel 5. Marshall will appear on the station’s Sports Sunday show,…
