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What's wrong with football? It's written in the pain on Greg Hadley's face. The senior from Colgate University, a two-time all-conference linebacker on the school's football team, is sitting in a Bedford, Mass., laboratory, staring at shattered brains of dead football players. On this Friday afternoon, Hadley has come to visit Dr. Ann McKee, a Boston University neurological researcher who has received a dozen brains donated from former NFL, college and high school players. In each one, it's simple to spot a protein called tau, which defines a debilitating disease known as chronic...
Meanwhile, more players are becoming enlightened. Once again, consider those tortured looks from Hadley, the Colgate senior who was shocked by the images of damaged brains of dead football players. Hadley loves football and doesn't regret a single hit or his four concussions. He holds a warrior bond with his fellow players. "It's bothering me that I'm telling you all this," Hadley says after outlining his concussion history and explaining how he decided to play through headaches until he couldn't remember the plays. "It's like I'm betraying a fraternity," he says...
...Harvard Advocate, the undergraduate literary magazine, just published its Winter 2010 issue, Bestiary. But before you dive into the slick pages (filled with animal parts, dead chickens, and weeds), check out our review. We’ve done some quick and dirty research for your reading pleasure...
...photo series of a 10-foot sculpture of a dead chicken—beheaded, de-feathered, and cleaned—taken in various public locations. Quite daunting...
...This was where Nazi officers separated those deemed able to work from the other new arrivals, most of whom were immediately taken to the gas chambers. Israel, then 17, and his two brothers, Eli and Aaron, last saw their parents here. Within weeks, Israel's brothers would also be dead...