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A Look at Xenith’s Shock-Absorbing Football Helmet

Football has always been a violent sport, but as of late, the impact and severity of the collisions have skyrocketed, especially with the heavy emphasis placed on size, strength, and speed of players in an ultra-competitive environment. Due to the long-term repercussions, the most dangerous forms of violent hits are the blows to the head, […]

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LeSean McCoy the Latest Athlete To Demonstrate Pitfalls of Twitter

Philadelphia Eagles Running Back LeSean McCoy recently had a very public argument with his ex-girlfriend on Twitter. The stereotype of the “dumb jock” is one that may very well be as old as modern sport itself. Twitter isn’t doing much to improve upon it. For the past few weeks the country has been enamored with a collegiate football star’s online relationship, which began over Twitter, and turned out to be a fallacy. Most people reading the details of the bizarre story question, “How could he not know?” as one red flag after another came to fruition.

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