Twin Cities.com · Dec 24, 2015
Brian Murphy: 'Concussion' sheds light on sobering NFL story
FILE - In this June 25, 2014, file photo, former professional athlete Ben Utecht, a Super Bowl-winning tight end for the Indianapolis Colts, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing regarding concussions and the long term effects of brain related sports injuries. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Reading about the demise of brain-damaged Mike Webster and Dave Duerson was at once a clinical exercise of sad curiosity and grim acceptance -- two NFL warriors and middle-aged martyrs whose suicides bracketed a cruel decade in which at least a half-dozen retired players violently took their own lives.
