Sections Search In the World Game Changers Dramatic brain discoveries influencing America’s most popular sport 10.25.2010 By Caleb Daniloff. Photos by Vernon Doucette. Video by Devin Hahn Over the past few weeks, NFL highlight reels have been working overtime—and not in a good way. Clip after clip has showed vicious head blows leaving sometimes defenseless players stunned or flattened. In another highlighted incident, a clearly concussed linebacker stumbles, then collapses to the turf, only to return to the field several minutes later. On October 20, the league announced stiff fines—$50,000 in most cases—for several recent helmet-to-helmet hits. The threat of suspensions now also looms, considered a more punitive measure for millionaire athletes, some of whom have boasted about setting asi
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