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ESPN Drops TV Project On NFL Brain Injuries
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ESPN is dropping its collaboration on a TV project about football league head injuries.
According to a New York Times report, the network is said to have received pressure from the NFL to withdraw from the Frontline documentary called "League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis," about the risks of football injuries on the brain.
The two-part investigative project is scheduled to air on PBS on October 8 and 15.
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- Derek Thompson, senior editor for The Atlantic. He tweets @DKThomp.
This segment aired on August 23, 2013.