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Mark fainaruwada, steve fainaru on league of denial. Injury, authors say nfl is in a league of denial october 7, 20 brothers mark fainaruwada and steve fainaru take an exhaustive. League of denial by mark fainaru wada and steve fainaru is such a great book that you dont have to be an avid football fan to appreciate it. The fainaus went as deep as they possibly could without the help of the league itself, even as far as getting one of the original researchers to recount some of the possible misgivings in the past. Winner, 2014 penespn award for literary sports writing. Here to field your questions about league of denial, our book about the nfls campaign to deny science showing a link between football and brain damage. The book was written by espn reporters mark fainaruwada and steve fainaru.
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