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Barret Robbins' Road to Recovery the Subject of HBO's 'Real Sports'

One of the greatest NFL tragedies of the past decade is the story of former Raiders center Barret Robbins, a Pro Bowl player whose career was destroyed and his personal life ruined by a mental illness that took far too long to diagnose. Robbins' untreated bi-polar disorder, or manic depression, caused him to experience...

Barret Robbins Takes Positive Steps in Regaining His Life

Today, our society is better at understanding and accepting mental disorders. Troubles that were once delegitimized are now seen as serious medical issues and are attended to as carefully as physical ailments; people who were once discredited for being different are now seen in a different light. Super Bowl -...

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Barrett Glen Robbins (born August 26, 1973) is a former American football center for the National Football League Oakland Raiders where he played for nine seasons between 1995 to 2003. After playing for Texas Christian University, he was taken by the Oakland Raiders in the 2nd round of the 1995 draft.

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