The NFL's in denial about depression

Your sports page may have recently induced an unpleasant sense of déjà vu. A pro football star, by all accounts, seemed caught in a spiral of depression. Friends and advisors were worried enough about suicide to call the police. After an ensuing public relations fracas, the player and the team assured us that it was all a grand misunderstanding.

By Dave Zirin

September 21, 2008