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American football and brain damage
The American football authorities admitted this week for the first time that there is a link between their sport and a brain disease caused by repeated blows to the head. Alex Capstick on why they're worried.
Photo: New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau, in 2010. He's since been found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
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