A DEAD FOOTBALL PLAYER, A FORMER PRO WRESTLER, AND FOUR PIECES OF BRAIN WALK INTO A BAR: In a story that sounds like the next House episode but is depressingly true, the NYT's Alan Schwarz tells us what happened after November's suicide by former Eagle Andre Waters.
In short: now-former WWE performer Chris "Harvard" Nowinski, himself a former college football player, has been researching and publishing on the effects of multiple concussions on football players. Upon hearing of Waters' death, and reading about the 15+ concussions Waters suffered as a player, Nowinski had a theory as to why Waters killed himself. And so he called Waters' mother with a uncomfortable request, and the rest you'll have to read for yourself.
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