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US Football Faces Huge Challenge Tackling Players' Culture of Gun Violence
2 January 2007
Sports Illustrated (USA), Column
In the wake of Darrent Williams' murder — only the latest and most tragic instance of late-night violence and gunplay involving a well-known athlete — I was struck by something NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said: "We've really got to get a handle on why there's such a proliferation of gun violence around our players."
As much as I applaud the desire of Goodell and NBA commissioner David Stern to stem the tide of mayhem in their respective leagues, I think the... (GunPolicy.org)