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SPECIAL REPORT CONCUSSIONS
PRO FOOTBALL
GAME-CHANGING HITS
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Neurologists who have studied the brains of deceased NFL players have little doubt: To play the sport at that level is to suffer repetitive head trauma
By Peter King
HUNTER ELSER, a junior linebacker at Jefferson High in Lafayette, Ind., lay on the field at Westfield (Ind.) High after suffering a concussion on Oct. 15.
38 RAY LEWIS BEGS TO DIFFER
By Tim Layden
40 HELMETS AREN'T ENOUGH
By David Epstein
42 NOT-SO-MINOR BLOWS
By David Epstein
45 WHERE THE TESTS FAIL
By David Epstein
46 A COACH'S CRISIS
By L. Jon Wertheim
47 PEEWEES AREN'T EXEMPT
By Farrell Evans
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WORLD SERIES
Cliff Lee
The Texas ace should be the difference as the Rangers and the Giants face off in an unlikely Fall Classic
By Tom Verducci
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Cam Newton
Auburn's dazzling QB has overcome his sullied past and moved to the head of the Heisman class
By Lars Anderson
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HORSE RACING
Zenyatta
One more win, at the Breeders' Cup, and she'll be the greatest female thoroughbred ever
By Tim Layden
Departments
4 Leading Off
12 Letters
14 Scorecard
Time for football to act on concussions
20 Just My Type
Shaun White: stress, surfing and surgeries
By Dan Patrick
22 Faces in the Crowd
24 Inside ...
• The NFL
Toothless Bengals
• Fantasy Football
New tight end in Indy
• College Football
Mizzou's muscular D
• College Basketball
Top recruits in limbo
66 The Vault
Nail-biting '91 Series
70 Point After
Meadowlark Lemon is still full of tricks at 78
By Phil Taylor
ON THE COVER Photograph by Fred Vuich; background by SI Imaging
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ANDREW HANCOCK (CONCUSSIONS)
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DAVID E. KLUTHO (MISSOURI)
Mizzou got a big lift from beating Oklahoma (page 28).
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