ANN ARBOR, Mich. — By the time her dad visited last year, Jaedan Brown had gotten used to the blank spaces in her family story. There were hazy memories, strangers’ recollections, photos of a vibrant ...

The 6-foot-4, 296-pounder out of Detroit Oak Park said the hardest part was that he “felt alone.” “Not that I was alone; I just felt alone,” Benny said. “It was just different for me.

felt compelled by society’s strictures to hide his homosexuality; was chewed up and spit out by college football’s powers-that-be; and his brain was severely damaged, resulting in chronic ...

I hated football because I felt it rejected me ... satiating whatever curious monster groaned within. Women’s World Cup summers warranted barbecues and screening parties (American exceptionalism ...

felt compelled by society’s strictures to hide his homosexuality; was chewed up and spit out by college football’s powers-that-be; and his brain was severely damaged, resulting in chronic ...