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Soccer/Football

TreasonousBastard

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1. Not at all surprised. Who remembers that women's soccer star a few years ago...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2019, 03:32 PM

Oct 2019

who could barely speak?

I took a head shot or two in my extremely short soccer career years ago, and I could sorta feel my brain sloshing around. Just like boxing, NFL football, or other such sports, too many shots by, or to, the head is not good.

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