Slate’s Hang Up and Listen podcast, April 18th, covers 3 topics, including Justin Duchscherer’s depression. Fast forward to minute 33:30–although I enjoy the whole podcast–but it is the last segment which deals with Baltimore Orioles pitcher Justin Duchscherer’s battle with depression. They spend a lot of time talking Joe Posnanski’s article in 2009 Sports Illustrated on Zach Grienke who suffered from anxiety disorder.

An excerpt from Pat Jordan’s Men’s Journal article on Justin Duchscherer.
Jordan’s 2001 New York Times Magazine article on Rick Ankiel.
A 2010 Sports Illustrated feature on baseball players with depression.
The Reds’ Joey Votto missed part of the 2009 season with anxiety problems.
Dontrelle Willis and Khalil Greene have also suffered from social anxiety disorder.

These topics are covered in other HUAL podcasts. They do the best job–i.e. in the context of entertaining discussion about sports–covering mental illness in sports, and sports psychology–dealing with pressure on the soccer or hockey goalie, the pitcher, the field goal kicker.

Another example from Slate, in the HUAL October 25, 2010, podcast, Brandon Roy went to see a sports psychologist this summer.