Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills celebrates after a tackle during the first quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on Nov. 13, 2022. Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images
On Friday, December 30, former pro-football lineman Uchechukwu Nwaneri was found unresponsive at his wife’s home. The mainstream media reported that he died of “an enlarged heart and acute heart failure.” He was 38.
Less than two weeks earlier, Grant Wahl, a well-known and well-respected sports reporter, collapsed after laughing at a Tweet.
Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of “Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family.” A Fulbright awardee and mother of four, she has worked on a child survival campaign in West Africa, advocated for an end to child slavery in Pakistan on prime-time TV in France, and taught post-colonial literature to nontraditional students in inner-city Atlanta. Learn more about her at JenniferMargulis.net
