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CTE Cases Are Soaring. Why Can’t We Quit Football?

John Branch The New York Times
Some researchers believe that a complete tally will show that more than half of all former N.F.L. players die with C.T.E. If that’s true, football fans will be confronted with an even more troubling view of the game.

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Was Political Art at Its Best

Cruz Bonlarron Martínez Jacobin
It’s no wonder Donald Trump was enraged by Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the Super Bowl. The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wastela

Which Bad Bunny Halftime Show Did You See?

Petra R. Rivera-Rideau and Vanessa Díaz The New York Times
Bad Bunny made history at the Super Bowl on Sunday, giving voice to Puerto Rican history and culture, and doing so in Spanish at a time when that alone could get you picked up by masked immigration agents.

Brett Favre’s Last Shot

Dave Zirin Wisconsin Examiner
There will be apologists for the game who will no doubt say that one cannot “blame football” for Favre’s condition. They sound like the tobacco company executives disavowing any connection between smoking and lung cancer.

92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Show Brain Trauma

The Brink The Brink
Leading up to Super Bowl LVII, Boston University's CTE Center Director Ann McKee says the NFL ignores the risks of repetitive blows to the head and that it’s “foolish” to think the league will police itself
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