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October 30, 2009

Messing With Our Heads: Concussions in NFL

Michael Oriard, Deadspin

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With the brains of football players now a matter of national concern, writer Michael Oriard, a former Chiefs offensive lineman and a cultural historian, worries about both his own fate and the NFL's.

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