Following the Hall of Fame linebacker's apparent suicide, football fans are wrestling with the ethics of being a football fan.
Today in sports: Albert Pujols' wife was insulted that the St. Louis Cardinals wanted to pay her husband $150 million to play baseball, the cash-strapped New York Mets borrow $40 million, and the New Jersey Nets endorse Mikhail Prokhorov for the Russian presidency
The New York Times examines the life of Derek Boogard, who died at 28 after a brief career pummeling his way through the underside of ice hockey.
Today in sports: Boston players are already grousing about the hiring of former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine, a class-action concussion suit takes aim at the NCAA, and Ndamukong Suh's frozen steak endorsement is on thin ice.
Today in sports: Tony La Russa is a tactical genius, more than 125 NFL alums are now suing the league over concussions, and the greatest quarterback in Canadian football history is now an American.
Today in sports: The iPad comes to the NFL locker room, the problem with the NFL's concussion policy, and a Red Sox pitcher says he only drank beer in the clubhouse to help the team.
Plus: A new study says running backs and quarterbacks suffer the most serious concussions
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