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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

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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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