The NFL’s Concussion Calamity

The NFL’s Concussion Calamity

The NFL’s Concussion Calamity

Dr. Chris Nowinski of the Concussion Legacy Foundation on a groundbreaking new study on CTE.

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This week, we are joined in-studio by Dr. Christian Dotson-Pierson to speak with Dr. Chris Nowinski, cofounder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, about a recently published study by Dr. Anne McKee, which showed CTE in 110 of the 111 brains of former NFL players who were tested, as well as Dr. Pierson’s own research on the topic.

We also talk to Lindsay Gibbs of ThinkProgress about Planned Parenthood Night with the WNBA’s Seattle Storm. We’ve got a Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down award, and a very special Kaepernick Watch!

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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.


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