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    NFL pulls funding from CTE study ($16 million)

    Right. Most of the climate-change denial effort is funded by oil (coal etc.) energy companies that see carbon emission regulation as a threat to their profits. Seems like you know this, but for the record here's a good summary -- The Union of Concerned Scientists on this issue...
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    NFL pulls funding from CTE study ($16 million)

    The NFL made a misstep by donating to the NIH (through fNIH). They should have just given the funds to a private foundation, who they could have intimidated. The NIH is one of the few science organizations around that wouldn't be intimidated by the NFL. Their yearly budget is several times...
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    NFL pulls funding from CTE study ($16 million)

    Summary: The ESPN story appears true. The NFL blocked their money from going to Stern. Despite the non-denial denial issued by their foundation yesterday. While technically true, your statement leaves plenty of room for the NFL to try to veto Stern and BU. Here's what Koroshetz said...
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    NFL pulls funding from CTE study ($16 million)

    It's a little disappointing how poor the coverage has been on this press release, with most media conflating the NIH with the FNIH. (Edit: troparra, yes, the WaPo report is wrong.) It could be that the press release says what it appears to, but it could also be that it is intentionally...
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    NFL pulls funding from CTE study ($16 million)

    That press release says no such thing. The release is from FNIH, the "Foundation for the NIH", a nonprofit with a $76 million dollar budget. http://2014-annual-report.fnih.org/ There has been no statement from the NIH, the government agency with the $28 billion dollar budget. The Boston.com...
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