4 Decades Later, Famed NFL Team Copes With Brain Issues (Newser Deep Dive)

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September 28, 2024     4 Decades Later, Famed NFL Team Copes With Brain Issues An investigative piece by David Gambacorta in the Philadelphia Inquirer offers a unique—and engrossing—angle on the issue of brain injuries among football players. Gambacorta looks specifically at the city's famed 1980 Super Bowl team to get a sense of how those celebrated Eagles players are faring four decades later. Keep reading   They Found 'Grounds for Mercy' for Nikolas Cruz In a piece aptly titled "The Hardest Case for Mercy" for the Marshall Project, Joe Sexton delves deep into the defense effort to spare Nikolas Cruz's life. It's not an easy read: The families of the 17 people he shot dead and the 17 others he wounded have largely heaped fury onto the defense team, who spent years looking for mitigating factors that "might be grounds for mercy to be shown." Keep reading   From our sponsors See Why People With Chronic Pain Have Decided to Ditch Their Medication for This. Say goodbye to chronic pain with this breakthrough pain-reducing patch, built with nanotechnology. KEEP READING   Billionaires Are Still Hiring Butlers. This Is What It's Like During a 10-week curriculum, students at one particular school in the Netherlands undergo training for a unique set of skills. In one lesson, they balance books atop their heads while holding a tray of wine glasses—trying to remain steady while being pelted with grapefruit-sized balls. Keep reading   In the Mad World of Extreme Sports, Wetsuiting Stands Alone To understand just how extreme the extreme sport of "wetsuiting" can be, consider the advice Tyler Austin Harper was given by a fellow fisherman about taking up the sport: "Don't." As Harper explains in a lengthy piece for the Atlantic, wetsuiting is a type of saltwater fishing that was popularized off Long Island's Montauk in the 1960s. Keep reading   From the Archives His Trek Up Mount Whitney Was 'a Hell of His Own Making' We'll start with the story's end: Jack Ryan Greener, 26, did manage to summit Mt. Whitney in August. Keep reading   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved