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Recent sports news has been filled with terrible stories about racism, gender violence, child abuse, and concussion-related brain damage for one in three former NFL players. With all the bad news, it is a time when we could all be depressed and anxious. But even these bad stories have helped the public focus on the broader societal problems. Since September…