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Colin Kaepernick reflects on Jay-Z 'disappointing' him, losing the NFL and finding his power
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (698+ words) A decade after Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem, the moment still follows him. In 2016, the former San Francisco 49ers player first sat, then knelt, during the anthem to protest police brutality. The gesture spread across professional sports…...
Would you let your kids play football?: It's Been a Minute
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (290+ words) Is the fantasy of football worth the potential price?That's what football athletes, fans and doctors are asking after a new study published in late August revealed that from a sample of athletes who played at least one NFL game…...
A new study looks at NFL football and traumatic brain injuries: Short Wave
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (364+ words) The NFL season begins this week, but America’s favorite sport has been on our minds for other reasons recently. New research released in the journal BMJ reveals that 1 in 4 former NFL players in this sample had CTE, a neurodegenerative brain…...
At least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study finds
2+ week, 6+ day ago (843+ words) For years, as researchers have established a link between repeated impacts to the head and the degenerative brain disease known as CTE, one major question has loomed: Just how common is it — especially among high-risk groups, like professional football players?...