League of denial
Subtitle: the NFL, concussions, and the battle for truth
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780770437541
Copyright date: 2013
First sentence: Behold the mighty woodpecker.
On average, it weighs about 2 ounces and can generate up to 1,000 g forces while pecking at tree limbs 12,000 times a day
Description: Both ESPN investigative reporters, the authors reveal how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, sought to cover up and deny mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage. This narrative moves between the NFL trenches, America's research labs and the boardrooms where the NFL went to war against science; it examines how the league used its power and resources to attack independent scientists and elevate its own flawed research.