Concussions: The 12th Man Perspective
A flag thrown, a player down on the field, a stretcher carrying them off the field, a game that moves on while a player is tested for concussions. The NFL is pr...
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Cutting Football Some Slack
Featured Image: Author Football and New Equipment As many people know, football has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years due to its high prevalence of c...
Concussions: An Athlete’s Dilemma
Injuries are par for the course in sports. Athletes experience their fair share of muscle strains and tears, but perhaps the most severe injury is one that occu...
Use Your Head Wisely: Sports and Concussions
With the news of Aaron Hernandez’s post-mortem brain autopsy being recently released, the sports community and general public are starting to wonder if the hard...
It Really Is Better Safe Than Sorry
(Almost) everyone loves football. So much so, that we encourage our kids to start playing from a very early age. Why? It’s a team sport! It’s exercise! They lea...
A New NFL: Why Football Needs to Change
Anyone who’s a sports fan (or anyone who’s in touch with the news, for that matter) has heard of the current concussion issue in today’s sport...
Concussion Alters the Chemical Balance in the Brain
Concussion Has Major Mental Health Consequences Concussion has been a hot topic in the NFL recently, with evidence of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) fou...
Concussions… a question of toughness?
At a recent family gathering over Thanksgiving, my family was watching the traditional NFL football games when they announced the death of Frank Gifford, a form...
To Play or Not To Play?
Concussions are a tricky subject in sports. On the one hand, there are risks in just about anything one does: a car accident is possible when making a short tri...
Knock Knock Who's There? Concussion!
If you wondered what many Americans were doing Sunday afternoon, I could give you an answer. They were watching football. Baseball claims that its America’...