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Pure Poison: The UCSB Shooting, Ray Rice and a Culture of Violence Against Women

Dave Zirin The Nation
As a sportswriter, I try to look at the ways in which violence against women is excused and glossed over in professional sports, sending messages to their young, male audiences that this is somehow just part of being like their game-time heroes. This weekend, the day before the shooting, saw yet another one of those moments that should make the National Football League burn with shame...
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