Clik here to view.
Clemson and LSU’s quarterbacks’ helmets have built-in cameras
Clemson and LSU‘s players are going to be able to watch film from the vantage point of the quarterback thanks to built-in cameras on their helmets. We’ve already seen Go-Pro videos from teams popping...
View ArticleCollege Athletes File Suit Against NCAA
A commonly debated topic is making headlines one more after four college athletes filed a class-action suit against the National Athletic Association (NCAA) on Monday, 17 March 2014. The four players...
View ArticleMayo Clinic researchers validate rapid sideline concussion test for youth...
A rapid, easy-to-administer eye movement test is showing great promise as a sideline concussion test for youth sports, a Mayo Clinic study finds. In the study, Mayo Clinic researchers assessed high...
View ArticleDear Coaches and Athletes, Concussions are Serious!
As the news of sport-related concussions continues to spread across sport media, many coaches and athletes still aren’t convinced of the seriousness and potential effects of sustaining a concussion....
View ArticleCycle helmets are useless, says brain surgeon
A leading neurosurgeon has controversially claimed that cyclists who wear helmets are wasting their time. Henry Marsh, who works at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London, said that many of his...
View ArticleMarino Says Head is Injury-Free, Pulls Out of Lawsuit
Dan Marino’s concussion-related lawsuit against the NFL is ending. Marino issued a statement Tuesday saying he never intended to be among 15 former players added to a suit filed in U.S. District Court...
View ArticleUS Women’s Soccer Legend Brandi Chastain, Sports Legacy Institute and Santa...
Parents and Pros for Safer Soccer (PASS) Campaign Hopes to Inspire a National Conversation on When Purposeful Repetitive Brain Trauma Should be Introduced Concussion research and advocacy nonprofit...
View ArticleWIAA, Football Coaches Ponder Less Practice Hitting
The WIAA and Wisconsin Football Coaches Association are closing in on enacting a plan that would limit player-on-player contact during practice, and the rules could be in place in time for the start of...
View ArticleJudge Okays Revision of NFL Concussion Settlement
Calling it a “significant improvement” over an earlier proposal, a federal judge in Philadelphia granted preliminary approval Monday to the National Football League’s second settlement offer to former...
View ArticleNFL Players Can’t Escape Health Issues From the Game
In the court of public opinion, it has been a very bad week for the National Football League, but one secondary story of the week should also get major attention. NFL players as they get older face a...
View ArticleBorland’s Retirement at This Point Hard to Understand
Push comes to shove, it’s his choice. Absolutely and unequivocally, Chris Borland had the right to choose against an NFL career and opt for something else, anything else as a vocational path. I don’t...
View ArticleMuch Ado About Nothing … Or a Real Concern?
While specialization in a particular sport and arm injuries of youth baseball players have become hot topics in the discussion on youth sport, the most recent health-related headlines belong to the...
View ArticleBrain Scans May Identify Concussion-Related Disease
A brain-scanning technique might one day help identify people with a disease linked to concussions in football and other sports, an illness now diagnosed only after death, a small study suggests. Scans...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Key Players in Managing Sport-Related Concussions
Diagnosing sport-related concussions is one of the most elusive tasks of sports medicine clinicians (Frommer et al., 2011). It becomes even more difficult to manage athletes who’ve sustained...
View ArticleJudge Approves $765 Million NFL Concussion Settlement
A federal judge in Philadelphia granted final approval Wednesday to a class-action settlement worth an estimated $765 million between the NFL and thousands of former players over the long-term effects...
View ArticleLimiting Tackling in Practice Leads to Reduced Concussions
Finally some good news. That might have been the thoughts coming from football coaches around the state Friday. News was spreading about a recently released study that said the limitations placed on...
View ArticleU.S. Soccer Announces Ban on Heading for U-11 Players
In response to a class-action lawsuit that sought rules changes and a reduction in concussions, U.S. Soccer announced guidelines on Monday that will prohibit young players from heading the ball. The...
View ArticleArmour: Ben Roethlisberger sets example for NFL by self-reporting head injury
The NFL needs more players to be like Ben Roethlisberger. Rather than staying silent about a head injury, as so many players continue to do, the Pittsburgh Steelersquarterback told team doctors he was...
View ArticleArmour: War on football? Better have your head checked
Danny Kanell is incensed at what he believes is a “war on football.” If by war the former NFL quarterback-turned-ESPN Radio host means growing concern and awareness over the long-term dangers of...
View ArticleConcussion might cost NFL’s helmet maker big time
A concussion settlement could be in play for NFL helmet maker Riddell, The Post has learned. The federal judge in Philadelphia overseeing the settlement between thousands of former players and the NFL...
View Article