Ten members of the Team Type 1-SANOFI running team will set off to run 3,000 miles across America in an effort to spread the message of better health through proper diabetes management, increase awareness of the growing diabetes crisis in the U.S., and promote prevention through exercise. The athletes, who all have type 1 diabetes,...

Global sports organization Team Type 1, the official parent company of the Team Type 1- sanofi aventis professional men’s cycling team, announced the launch a clinical study at the Amgen Tour of California. The pioneering study conducted by the Team Type 1 Diabetes Sports Research Institute, will assess ...

Novo Nordisk announced today that it has joined Chip Ganassi Racing to create the Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing team for  the 2011 IZOD IndyCar season. The team will sponsor a new entry in the series driven by American racecar driver and type 1 diabetic, Charlie Kimball. This partnership makes Kimball one of the first drivers...

California high school right-hander Dylan Covey has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and will honor his commitment to play college baseball at the University of San Diego, bypassing signing a professional contract with the Milwaukee Brewers who drafted him with the 14th overall pick. Covey said that college baseball would be...

Georgetown University’s leading scorer Austin Freeman has been diagnosed with diabetes. According to a report in The Washington Post, Freeman disclosed the diagnosis in an interview Wednesday evening, joined by his physician, Stephen Clement, head of the Diabetes Center at Georgetown University Hospital. The condition shouldn’t...

Winner of 10 Olympic medals, and a type 1 diabetic, Gary Hall Jr. has begun blogging for the LA Times. Gary has represented the United States in international swimming competitions for 16 years, competing in three Olympics. Gary has served as a diabetes advocate and consultant to some of the largest companies in the diabetes industry,...

Los Angeles Lakers forward Adam Morrison was named Wednesday to the advisory board of the Joe Toucan Diabetes Project, according to a Marketwire report. The Joe Toucan Diabetes Project focuses on researching, producing, and developing empowering projects, supplies and accessories for both children and young adults living with diabetes....

According to a press release published by PR Newswire, Kris Freeman was picked for the US Olympic Ski Team, and is expected to compete in up to five events at the 2010 Olympic Games taking place this February in Vancouver Canada. Freeman was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2000 at age 19 and was told he would he would never be able...

Jay Cutler has not let type 1 diabetes hold him back from doing what he loves. Since being diagnosed after his second season in the NFL he has worked to help inspire children with diabetes to achieve their goals, and let them see that diabetes doesn’t have to stop them from being who they want to be. The Chicago Bears quarterback...

Jay Cutler has had a bad run so far this season.  He is 0-3 in nationally televised night games, throwing 11 of his NFL-high 17 interceptions. There has been speculation that this may be sight related but Ron Turner, the Bears offensive coordinator, doesn’t think this is the case. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Turner commented...