‘This is going to kill you’: Inside Hawks racism saga’s brutal toll

Email The week without sleep, the hospital admission and the confrontation on the street. Former Hawks chief Justin Reeves breaks his silence on the crippling mental and physical toll of footy’s messiest chapter — the Hawthorn racism saga.

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