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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 him in the crosshairs of football's most powerful corporation: the NFL.

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Main Author: Laskas, Jeanne Marie, 1958-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2015]
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National security > United States.
Brain > Concussion.
Sports injuries.
Head > Wounds and injuries.
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Summary: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 him in the crosshairs of football's most powerful corporation: the NFL.
Item Description:"A Random House Trade Paperback Original"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780812987577 (paperback)
0812987578 (paperback)
Author Notes:Jeanne Marie Laskas writes the "Significant Others" column for the "Washington Post Magazine," which reaches 1.5 million people weekly. A contributing editor to "Esquire," she also writes for "GQ," "Life," "Allure," "Redbook," "Good Housekeeping," "Health," "Reader's Digest," & "This Old House." She is the author of "The Balloon Lady & Other People I Know" & "We Remember: Women Born at the Turn of the Century Tell the Stories of Their Lives in Words & Pictures." She lives & farms with her husband, along with their poodle, mutts, mules, sheep, & other animals, at Sweetwater Farm in western Pennsylvania.

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