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...

Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler visited the University of Chicago’s Kovler Diabetes Center on World Diabetes Day, Chicago Press Release reported. Cutler met with teenage diabetics to discuss his experience with diabetes. The quarterback recently recorded six videos that detail his experience with diabetes, its impact on his life...

ESPN reports that Chicago Bears quarterback, Jay Cutler, has teamed up with Eli Lilly and Company and created a series of videos to help educate people about diabetes.  In the videos Cutler discusses a period in 2007, while playing for the Denver Broncos, that he suffered constant fatigue and severe weight loss.  He was diagnosed with...