One-Hundred Yard Universe
As youth participation in American football declines, following discoveries about traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease, the question of who still plays, and why, takes on new... Read allAs youth participation in American football declines, following discoveries about traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease, the question of who still plays, and why, takes on new significance. Ghosts of Empire investigates how the sport's looming existential crisis is... Read allAs youth participation in American football declines, following discoveries about traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease, the question of who still plays, and why, takes on new significance. Ghosts of Empire investigates how the sport's looming existential crisis is reshaping American identity and constructions of masculinity while untangling its most po... Read all