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New film tackles dangers of concussions in the NFL
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Next: tackling the problem of concussions, and the NFL’s response, past and present. The National Institutes of Health announced this week that it will...
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The NFL’s newest coach, a game-changing hire for women
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Next, a bit of NFL history was made this week, and not the usual records book statistic that sports announcers spout on Sunday. Yesterday, the Buffalo...
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Girl on the gridiron changes how her team sees gender
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioBY LEAH CLAPMAN AND SYDNEY MILLER, SRL Lexi Dressing’s football career started off with a joke bet. When she heard that her school was looking for a kicker, Lexi told...
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Peyton Manning under new scrutiny over old sexual assault claims
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: As the Super Bowl came to a close less than two weeks ago, quarterback Peyton Manning seemed to be heading toward a storybook ending to his long career,...
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Fame offers Kaepernick and fellow athletes a platform for dissent
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: But, first: Athletes have had a long tradition of being activists with their political protest. The latest case is of San Francisco 49ers quarterback...
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White Americans largely disapprove of national anthem protests, poll finds
San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold (58), quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and free safety Eric Reid (35) kneel in protest during the playing of the national anthem before a NFL game...
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Baylor and Waco police buried reports of sexual assaults, report says
Baylor University head coach Art Briles reacts against the University of Oklahoma in the first half of their NCAA Big 12 football game at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2011. Photo by...
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Three reasons little kids shouldn’t play football
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Finally: As the college football season comes to an end, Keith Strudler, director of Marist College’s Center for Sports Communication, shares his ideas...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: New England Patriots, minus Tom Brady, visit Trump at the White...
Watch the New England Patriots meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday afternoon. WASHINGTON — The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots made a traditional celebratory...
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Justices say law on offensive trademarks is unconstitutional
Washington’s NFL team may still use it, but in California, high schools no longer will be able to use nickname “Redskins.” Photo by Flickr user Keith Allison WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday...
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What football does to the brain, according to a major study
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now: A new study raises even stronger concerns about the risks of brain injury from the country’s most popular professional sport. It’s the focus of our...
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NFL commissioner, players’ union angrily denounce Trump
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announces the draft picks in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at Auditorium Theatre. Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/USA TODAY Sports SOMERSET, N.J. — The National...
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Trump tweet, NFL response escalate drama of Sunday games
San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold (58), quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and free safety Eric Reid (35) kneel in protest during the playing of the national anthem before a NFL game...
View ArticleTrump to NFL: Change or business is ‘going to go to hell’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has a new message for the NFL: Change or business is “going to go to hell.” Trump said Wednesday that the NFL is in a “really bad box” over the issue of players...
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Column: As ‘America’s sport,’ the NFL cannot escape politics
The controversy over players kneeling in the NFL has revealed that the league’s embrace of American iconography has different meanings for different audiences. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty...
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