Professional athletes run up and down courts or across fields in their glory – before exiting their coliseums, in their designer threads, jumping into their quarter-million-dollar cars, and off to live their lavish lives. But what happens after you retire, and those big checks stop rolling in?
So many athletes go broke trying to maintain that lifestyle. NFL legend Michael Oher, who was homeless at times during childhood, explained that pressure and the harsh realities of life after professional sports on "Salon Talks." The former Baltimore Raven and NFL champion is most known for his life being portrayed in the Academy Award-nominated film "The Blind Side," starring Sandra Bullock (who won the Oscar for her role).
