ESPN’s Mark Fainaru-Wada, along with Outside The Lines, explores how NBC announcer Bob Costas was ultimately dropped from his position as a halftime commentator on Sunday Night Football, as well as last year’s Super Bowl, for basically telling the truth about the concussion risk that football inherently carries. This…

Bob Costas says football “destroys people’s brains,” and that “the cracks in the foundation [of the sport] are there.” He probably would not have said this during the 11 seasons he emceed Sunday Night Football, ending last year. [USA Today]