ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trauma on Field
Posted Sep 1, 2017
If Ed Cunningham had not already seen enough, he would be back in a broadcast booth on Saturday, serving as the color analyst for another college football game. It is the work he has done each fall for nearly 20 years. But Cunningham, 48, resigned from one of the top jobs in sports broadcasting because of his growing discomfort with the damage being inflicted on the players.
(New York Times)
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