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Alex Smith’s Recovery Didn’t Prepare Him for Daughter’s Cancer Fight

Alex Smith returned to play pro football after a horrific leg injury nearly killed him. Nothing about his recovery prepared him for the helplessness of watching his daughter battle a brain tumor.

By Jonathan Abrams

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A Football Coach Walks the Line on C.T.E.

Football gave the University of Maryland Coach Michael Locksley a scholarship, a family and a career. But it also likely contributed to his son’s C.T.E. diagnosis.

By Kassie Bracken Ben Laffin Alfredo Chiarappa and Joe Ward

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Ruffian, Ill-Fated Hall of Fame Race Horse, Is Reburied in Kentucky

The filly, perhaps the greatest female thoroughbred in history, died after a 1975 race at Belmont Park in which she injured her ankle.

By Eduardo Medina

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Jennifer Brady, Finally Healthy, Tries to Get Back to Work

After a star turn in 2020 and ’21, Brady was sidelined for nearly two years by a chronic foot condition and a knee injury that, combined, sometimes left her in “a very dark place.”

By Christopher Clarey

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