Although professional athletes are viewed as gladiators on the playing surface, they too deal with the same challenges and battles as all of us. It gets lost in the shuffle because of the intense, supreme competitors that they are, but they have feelings and emotions, just like we do. On Tuesday afternoon, Houston Rockets forward Robert Covington allowed us all to see the other side of the supreme rim protector we’ve gotten to see this season.
Covington joined SportsTalk 790’s mid-afternoon show, titled The Matt Thomas Show, and had the courage to explain his own, personal bouts with depression.