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The FRONTLINE Interview: Harry Carson
Harry Carson is a Hall of Fame linebacker, but he says he can't enjoy the honor knowing that so many former NFL players are struggling with head injuries.
October 7, 2013
The FRONTLINE Interview: Dr. Ann McKee
A lifelong football fan, Boston University's Ann McKee has discovered the degenerative brain disease CTE in dozens of former players. In 2010, the NFL donated $1 million to her Boston University research lab, establishing it the league’s preferred brain bank.
October 7, 2013
The FRONTLINE Interview: Jim Otto
In 14 seasons of play for the Oakland Raiders, Jim Otto played had a punishing history of injuries. He needed 74 surgeries for his football-related ailments, including the amputation of one of his legs.
October 7, 2013
The FRONTLINE Interview: Lisa McHale
McHale’s husband Tom, a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers lineman, was the sixth former NFL player to be diagnosed with CTE. Here, she describes her shock at the diagnosis, particularly since she had never known Tom to be diagnosed with a concussion.
October 7, 2013
The Autopsy That Changed Football
When Dr. Bennet Omalu found CTE in the brain of Steelers legend Mike Webster, he believed NFL doctors would want to know more. They didn't.
October 6, 2013
Is This Supreme Court Case the Next 'Citizens United'?
The case, McCutcheon v. FEC, would lift the limit on how much donors can give to parties, candidates and PACs.
October 4, 2013
NFL Commissioner Highlights Safety Record In Letter To Fans
The letter, sent to roughly 10 million fans, comes one day after the release of two book excerpts detailing the NFL's checkered response to football's concussion crisis.
October 3, 2013
How One Client's Concussion Shook the Real "Jerry Maguire"
As an NFL super agent, Leigh Steinberg saw it all, especially when it came to injuries. But of all the hard hits he ever witnessed, there was one that especially frightened him: Troy Aikman's concussion.
October 2, 2013
FRONTLINE Wins Seven News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Six FRONTLINE films and our 2012 fall preview reel won last night at the 34th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. Executive Producer David Fanning received a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his decades-long commitment to journalism.
October 2, 2013
"There is One More Out There Like Them": A Survivor's Story
After watching "Never Forget to Lie," a child Holocaust survivor recognizes that she is not alone.
October 1, 2013
What Climate Change Skeptics Think About the UN Report
A new U.N. report says human impact on climate change is “clear,” it’s getting worse, and we’re too late to stop it. They disagree.
October 1, 2013