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Grappling With, but Not Yet Turning Away From, Football’s Violent Pull

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After Damar Hamlin’s collapse during an N.F.L. game, fans, coaches and players processed what it meant to love a sport that carries the risk of bodily harm for its participants.

Buffalo Bills fans at a candlelight vigil for Damar Hamlin, who remained in critical condition at a Cincinnati hospital as the team planned to hold a walk-through practice on Wednesday.Credit...Joshua Bessex/Associated Press

Alyssa O’Reilly had never heard a sports arena as quiet as Cincinnati’s Paycor Stadium was on Monday as Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills lay unconscious on the ground.