This was so well-written and such a great way to express the difficulties and unfortunate events you’ve faced in your life Madeleine, but you lost me when I read this: “But I also have to remember that everyone in their secret histories has made some transgression against women.”

Was Salaam not one of the advocates for donating his brain for research to determine if he had CTE? And not to ask a dumb question, but did an autopsy really need to confirm someone died by a gunshot to the head? Seems pretty obvious how the cause of death happened...

Drew, he’s RIGHT at the height limit but no mention of Thurman Thomas? I’m biased being from Buffalo but he was not only an integral part of arguably one of the greatest RB tandems in college history (both he and Barry Sanders were on the same Oklahoma State team), but Thurman was one of the most dangerous and…

This wins the internet for the day. Well done.

I remember my senior year of high school playing soccer, and a teammate of mine (with one concussion already suffered in his life) went up for a header, clocked heads with the defender, then fall directly on his head (two separate head traumas on the same play). He went down and after he gathered his bearings, just…