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Football, Explosions Rattle Brain in Similar Ways
Attention has been drawn recently to an article published on September 7 by Fox News. The article reported on a recent study of retired National Football League (NFL) players and a study done at Boston...
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New Study on Brain Trauma in Athletes and Military Veterans Published in...
A study done by investigators at the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, in collaboration with the Sports Legacy...
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A Football Lifer Worries About the Future of His Game
John Wooten is a football lifer. He entered the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday 56 years after he first played as a guard with the University of Colorado. Wooten was there between 1956 and...
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How Concussions Affect Children’s Brains Even After Symptoms Subside
Brain changes in children who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, persist for months following injury — even after the symptoms of the injury are gone, according to a study...
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Student Athletes and Their Reactions to Sustaining a Concussion
It is normal behavior for student-athletes to express frustration and anger when they are unable to compete due to a concussion. This behavior is likely attributed to not fully understanding what a...
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Possible Major New Tool Developed in War on Concussions
There has been a rush over the past two years by people who have a role in football to try and come up with new ideas and technologies that can help diagnose and prevent traumatic brain injuries from...
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One NFL Player’s Saga of Playing with Pain
Jason Taylor retired after the 2011 season as a defensive end and outside linebacker for the Miami Dolphins. Taylor is an almost certain first ballot entrant to the NFL Hall of Fame in 2016 when he...
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National Football League Goes Long with Harvard
The National Football League (NFL) has announced a $100-million project with Harvard University to investigate the injuries associated with players in the league. The first of its kind, the study would...
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Sport Concussion: Going from Bad to Worse
Once looked upon as an underestimated and often ignored injury, sport-related concussion has taken sports media by storm. Reports of athletes suffering from long-term cognitive deficits have now...
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NFL Plans to Partner with GE for Concussion Research
Faced with increasing concern about the toll of concussions and confronted with litigation involving thousands of former players, the U.S. National Football League (NFL) is planning to form a...
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Can Fantasy Football Be for Real?
“Peyton Manning drops back looking deep down the sideline. He lets it go and gets hit hard by Ray Lewis. Demaryius Thomas jumps for the ball, and Terrell Suggs levels him,” Jim Nance describes to his...
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Alabama High Schools Consider Curtailing Live Contact in Practices
The Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) recently asked its Board of Governors to restrict full contact hitting and scrimmaging to two days each week for its members. There is still a...
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Brain Study May Provide More Clues to Head Injuries in Football
The recent focus on brain injuries among athletes in football and other violent contact sports has mostly been on the development and use of tests such as the King-Devick screening test to diagnose...
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Concussion Litigation Experiences Significant Day in Court
Tuesday, April 9 is a significant day for the 4,000 or so players who have filed more than 200 concussion lawsuits against the National Football League (NFL). That is the day that U.S.District Court...
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Death of Soccer Official Calls Attention to Continued Problems in Youth Sports
The death on May 4 of Ricardo Portillo in Salt Lake City once again places a spotlight on bad behavior in sporting activities and the abuse directed at officials. For the uninformed, Portillo died at...
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NFL’s ‘Suicide’ Squad Tradition Continues
The National Football League is open for business again. Players are on the field showing coaches that they can indeed play football, even though the season is months away. The players showcasing their...
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Rinkside Test Accurately Helps Detect Professional Ice Hockey Team’s...
A simple test performed at the rink side of the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers Hockey team accurately detected concussions in athletes, according to a study by researchers at the...
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NASCAR’s Jason Leffler Killed in Dirt Car Accident
NASCAR’s Jason Leffler, who was 37, died from injuries suffered when his 410 sprint car slammed into the wall at Bridgeport Speedway dirt track in New Jersey. Leffler had to be extricated from his car...
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McQuaid Undermined over Doping by Head of USADA
Pat McQuaid’s claim that the International Cycling Union (UCI) is taking the battle against drugs seriously faces being badly undermined after United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief executive...
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Disease Caused by Repeat Brain Trauma in Athletes May Affect Memory, Mood,...
New research suggests that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease associated with repeat brain trauma including concussions in athletes, may affect people in two major ways: initially...
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