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.
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
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.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Kendrick Lamar’s collective of geniuses made this the Super Bowl we needed. This year’s Super Bowl in New Orleans could have been a fascist Mardi Gras. Then, the unexpected....
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.
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
It's historic because team owners and managers historically discriminated against Black players— especially in so-called "thinking positions" like center, middle linebacker and quarterback.
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