Will Smith in 'Concussion': A Man of Faith Confronts the NFL

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist Wednesday, January 13, 2016

America's favorite sport can be brutal. And a Christian doctor's quest to save football players' lives is the subject of a moving new film.

Thirteen years ago, Dr. Bennet Omalu, a pathologist working at the Alleghany County Coroner's office in Pittsburgh, performed an autopsy on one of the Steel City's greatest sports heroes: Steeler Hall of Famer "Iron" Mike Webster.

What the Nigerian physician found shocked him. Webster's teeth had rotted away and he had resorted to using Super Glue to try to reattach them. His remains looked and smelled like he had been living in his car, which he had.

Omalu began wondering how a man so celebrated in life wound up dying as he did. The answer to that question is a story of courage, perseverance and more than a little faith. And it's depicted brilliantly in the new film, "Concussion" starring Will Smith.