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Dr. Bennet Omalu: Youth Football is Child Abuse

Dr. Bennet Omalu, the neuroscientist who discovered CTE and took on the NFL, on the question American parents must ask.

A Q&A With Tony Reali About Postpartum Depression In Dads

Tony Reali, the host of ESPN’s Around the Horn, always wanted to be a dad: “I wanted a whole team of kids. I’ve said this to everyone with ears.” So when he experienced what he called an attack of postpartum anxiety one Sunday afternoon in September 2015 when he was home alone with his one-year-old daughter,…

How Do I Raise a Son in the Age of Trump?

“Ask the Matriarchy” is a four-part advice series running on Thursdays.

Hey Yo Don’t Put a Fucking Jungle Gym in a Movie Theater

If you have kids like me, you know that the optimal parenting situation is one where your children are close but not actively annoying you. Corporate America knows this, which is why they’ve gone to great lengths to accommodate parents who wants to experience the joys of the outside world without having to deal with…

Joey Porter And Mike Tomlin Are Bad Sports Parents

Every sports league has obnoxious parents that holler at referees, coaches and players; rarely are those parents coaches of the nearby professional football team. But at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School in Cranberry Township, Penn., the obnoxious parents were Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and his…

WWE Wrestler/Former NFLer/Good Dad Brennan Williams Put A Lot Of Work Into His Daughter's Pokémon Birthday Party

Offensive tackle Brennan Williams was drafted in the third round out of UNC in 2013, and spent time in camp and on practice squads with the Texans, Jaguars, and Patriots. After his football career ended he began training under Booker T., and in August of this year signed a developmental deal with WWE. (His father is the first commenter under the story.) Williams been performing with NXT, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have time to put together one heck of a birthday party.