By Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada Two nationally prominent concussion researchers — including a senior adviser to the NFL — served as paid consultants to law firms suing the league for allegedly concealing the link between football and brain damage. …read more
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By Don Van Natta Jr. Jimmy Martelli, an assistant Rutgers men’s basketball coach under recently departed Mike Rice, has resigned, the university told “Outside the Lines” on Thursday afternoon. No reason was given.
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By Don Van Natta Jr. Video of Rutgers University men’s basketball practices from 2010-2012 shows incidents in which coach Mike Rice hurls basketballs from close range at players; shoves his players; feigns punches; kicks them; and screams obscenities and homophobic slurs. …read more
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By Paula Lavigne An “Outside the Lines” investigation of 115 charities founded by high-profile, top-earning male and female athletes has found that most of their charities don’t measure up to what charity experts would say is an efficient, effective use of money. …read more
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