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In 2002, Dr. Bennet Omalu looked at a brain everyone called normal. He looked closer anyway.
What he found was a disease no one had named before; proof that repeated hits to the head in football could cause lasting brain damage.

He called it CTE.
The NFL denied it.
Fought it.
Tried to discredit him.

He held his ground anyway. Today his discovery has reshaped how the world understands brain safety in sports, and inspired the movie "Concussion," starring Will Smith.

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In 2002, Dr. Bennet Omalu looked at a brain everyone called normal. He looked closer anyway. What he...

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