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Michigan football player recounts crushing ripple effect of team doctor's abuse

Michigan football opens the 2020 season Sept. 5 on the road against Washington, and finishes Nov. 28 on the road against Ohio State. Wochit

The moment had come, and it had been just as painful as he feared.

As he bent over, Chuck Christian heard the snap of the glove. A few ticks later, he let out a blood-curdling scream and all of a sudden he was transported back to his days as a football player at Michigan, to the room where he saw team physician Dr. Robert Anderson, to a time window he’d just as soon forget.