Alex Smith returned to play pro football after a horrific leg injury nearly killed him. Nothing about his recovery prepared him for the helplessness of watching his daughter battle a brain tumor.
Tag: Football
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After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth
Meiko Locksley was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. His father, the head coach at Maryland, is still reckoning with the implications.
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The Unusual Legal Agreement Behind ‘The Blind Side’
Michael Oher says Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy used their relationship with him to unfairly profit from his story. They have denied it.
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In Wheelchair Football, Camaraderie Comes With Metal-on-Metal Contact
A collision-heavy wheelchair football team in Buffalo is giving players community and purpose.
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How the Drama of ‘The Blind Side’ Helped Sports Fans Look Past Questions
“The Blind Side” played on sports fans’ penchant for too-tidy narratives, our columnist writes. A legal battle between the N.F.L. player and the family depicted in the film seeks to answer questions the dramatization looked past.