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Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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Dithering...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 29 2009, 9:00 AM ET Comment

Or just plain bullshitting:

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress on Wednesday.
It's about what you'd expect. One thing that would help is putting as much distance between the coaches and the team doctors as possible. These guys need to hang out with the refs, not the team.




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