NFL demands Times retraction

NEW YORK— The NFL has demanded te New York Times retract a story that called the league’s concussion research flawed and likened its handling of head trauma to the tobacco industry’s response to the dangers of cigarettes. The league said it was defamed by the Times, and added the story did not “present a shred of evidence to support its thesis that the NFL intentionally concealed concussion research data.” Times sports editor Jason Stallman said, “We see no reason to retract anything.”