Deep Reads: Football bonded them. Then it tore them apart.
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They were roommates and teammates at Harvard, bound by their love of football and each other. Then the game \\u2014 and the debate over its safety \\u2014 took its toll. This Deep Reads episode is part of a collection of occasional bonus stories from \\u201cPost Reports.\\u201d
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This story is part of a collection of occasional bonus episodes you\\u2019ll be hearing from \\u201cPost Reports.\\u201d We\\u2019re calling these stories \\u201cDeep Reads,\\u201d and they\\u2019re part of The Post\\u2019s commitment to immersive and narrative journalism.
Today\\u2019s story was written by sports writer Kent Babb, and read by Michael Satow for Noa: News Over Audio, an app offering curated audio articles.
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