"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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