"PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS DO NOT SUSTAIN FREQUENT REPETITIVE BLOWS TO THE BRAIN ON A REGULAR BASIS."
Mark Fainaru-Wadaan investigative reporter for ESPN. With his colleague Lance Williams, he coauthored the New York Times bestseller Game of Shadows- Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports. He lives in Petaluma, California. Steve Fainaru isan investigative reporter for ESPN. While covering the Iraq war for The Washington Post, he received the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for his investigation into the U.S. military's reliance on private security contractors. He lives in Berkeley, California.
"Meticulously documented and endlessly chilling."-The New
York Times
"The book should come with a warning label for football fans:
Watching a game will never be the same after you read it. . . .
[Fainaru-Wada and Fainaru] ask tough questions of the NFL without
taking their conclu- sions too far."-NPR
"Engaging and well written . . . an informative, intriguing
and sobering book about power and control. I recommend it
strongly."-Nate Jackson, The Washington Post
"Journalistically bruising."-Peter King
"Clear-eyed and devastating."-San Francisco
Chronicle
"League of Denial should be required reading in secondary
schools for all athletes. Those of us outside the lines will be
wiser, as well, for having invested just a few hours to read
it."-Tim Cowlishaw, The Dallas Morning
News
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