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League of denial [digital videodisc] : the NFL's concussion crisis / produced by Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Mike Wiser ; written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser and Steve Fainaru & Mark Fainaru-Wada ; directed by Michael Kirk ; a Frontline production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. ; WGBH.

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[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2013]

National Football League.

Football injuries.

Brain -- Concussion.

Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- United States.

Brain damage -- Patients -- United States.

Sports injuries -- United States.

Sports medicine -- United States.

Football -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.

1 videodisc (approximately 120 minutes) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Intro -- "Iron Mike" Webster -- Mike Webster's last battle -- "Here come the hits..." -- Downplaying the risk -- A scientific first -- Goodell takes charge -- Precious cargo -- "A very serious state of denial" -- Congress enters the game -- A game changer -- Damage control -- Credits.

A multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut presides over America's indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football's connection to long-term brain injuries. In a special two-hour investigation, Frontline and prize-winning journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada of ESPN reveal the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries.

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