Audio: Frank Deford, Mind Games: Football and Head Injuries

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Frank Deford has been a journalist at Sports Illustrated for over fifty years. Also a regular contributor to National Public Radio, Deford has been selected U.S. Sportswriter of the Year six times and earned an Emmy for his coverage of the Seoul Olympics in 1988. In this audio piece, which originally aired on Deford’s NPR segment Sweetness and Light, Deford explores our culpability in the intersection of football and head injuries. Click below to listen to the selection, and then respond to the questions that follow.

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Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/09/152250525/mind-games-football-and-head-injuries
Credit: ©2012 National Public Radio, Inc. Audio from news commentary by Frank Deford was originally broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition on May 9, 2012, and is used with permission of NPR. Any unauthorized duplication is strictly prohibited.

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