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    Book by 'Concussion' doctor is recommended reading for parents of football kids

    by Ed Sherman, Chicago Tribune Nov 01, 2017 3 minutes

    "Truth Doesn't Have a Side" by Bennet Omalu with Mark Tabb, Zondervan, 304 pages, $24.99

    If you saw the film "Concussion," starring Will Smith, you know that Bennet Omalu is the unlikely figure who rocked the foundation of the National Football League and all of football with his scientific research.

    Omalu's autobiography tells the complete story of how the Nigerian-born pathologist discovered brain damage in football players - what now is referred to as chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

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