"[Presents the] unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America's favorite sport and puts Omalu in the crosshairs of football's most powerful corporation: the NFL."--Publisher.
Provides an overview of sports concussions, discussing why they are so dangerous, what has been done to protect players, how research is changing the way concussions are treated, and other related topics.
Examines the possibility that concussions have become an overlooked epidemic in American society, especially in sports and in common head trauma that goes unnoticed until it is too late. Explores stories of people who have suffered due to concussions, losing jobs and sports opportunities because of overlooked medical symptoms.
Reveals how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, denied and sought to cover up mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage.
