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Topic: Concussions

Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills walks through a tunnel during pregame against the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field on November 20, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Damar Hamlin: Time to defund football

Irvin Muchnick
Philadelphia Eagles' Destiny Vaeao hits Minnesota Vikings' Jerick McKinnon. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Football is popular as ever, and dying

Matthew Rozsa
(AP Photo/Enric Marti)

The American diplomat mystery

Leigh C. Anderson
(Getty/Timothy Clary)

The NFL and CTE

Matthew Rozsa
New York Yankees pitcher Jordan Montgomery delivers against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (AP)

why are kids getting injured?

Jason Zaremski - The Conversation
(AP/Mel Evans)

Future of fighting concussions

Angelo Young
Cam Newton (AP/Joe Mahoney/Shutterstock/Salon)

Head Games: The $100M PR stunt

Steve Almond
Junior Seau, pictured in 2004. (Reuters/Marc Serota)

Samoa's athletic outliers

Rob Ruck
(AP)

Politico's shameful softballs

Steve Almond
(AP/Tony Avelar)

Fox News' horrible comparison

Joanna Rothkopf
(AP/Mel Evans)

Football: An American tragedy

James A. Holstein, Richard S. Jones, George E. Koonce Jr.
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Associated Press

Joseph A. Lapin - Pacific Standard
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