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05-10-2017, 04:20 AM
Scared, lonely and confused: What concussions inflict upon NFL legends
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Nick Buoniconti is an NFL legend. He was a defensive star on the 1972 Miami Dolphins, still the only team to go undefeated and win the Super Bowl in the same season.*
Buoniconti, of course, is still a legend — legends never die, as the saying goes. But he's declined precipitously over the past few years, following 14 seasons of big hits and playing through pain as a pro football demigod.
That decline — equal parts harrowing and heart-breaking — is the focus of a long, painstakingly intimate profile of Buoniconti (http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/05/08/nick-buoniconti-dolphins-cognitive-decline-nfl-head-trauma-concussions) in Sports Illustrated, written by S.L. Price. You may have read more concussion stories than you can count at this point, but it's time to make room for one more.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/09/nick-buoniconti-cte/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Buoniconti, of course, is still a legend — legends never die, as the saying goes. But he's declined precipitously over the past few years, following 14 seasons of big hits and playing through pain as a pro football demigod.
That decline — equal parts harrowing and heart-breaking — is the focus of a long, painstakingly intimate profile of Buoniconti (http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/05/08/nick-buoniconti-dolphins-cognitive-decline-nfl-head-trauma-concussions) in Sports Illustrated, written by S.L. Price. You may have read more concussion stories than you can count at this point, but it's time to make room for one more.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/09/nick-buoniconti-cte/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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