Junior Seau’s Death Just Another Football Statistic?
I didn’t know Junior Seau although I met him on the day he was drafted into the National Football League in 1990 and probably...
Did Coaches Encourage the Wray Brothers to Hide Injuries?
Max and Jake Wray play offensive tackle for Franklin (Tenn.) High School, or at least they used to do so. The two were suspended...
Concussion Expert Calls For Comprehensive Study to Finally Reveal Truth about Youth Head Trauma
Dr. Robert Cantu, one of the leading experts on concussions, has proposed several tough steps to protect children from damaging blows to the head...
New Study on Brain Trauma in Athletes and Military Veterans Published in Scientific Journal
A study done by investigators at the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System,...
The football industry denying the football-brain damage link grew in 2015
Jerry Jones has spoken and the Dallas Cowboys owner doesn't think there is a link between playing football and players getting brain injuries and...
Rinkside Test Accurately Helps Detect Professional Ice Hockey Team’s Concussions in Minutes
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...
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...
Academy Seminar Spreads the Word on Injury Protection
Concussions have garnered a lot of press lately as a major source of injuries to athletes. The NFL has been cracking down on violent...
Armour: Washington State QB Committed Suicide but Football Killed Him
By Nancy Armour |
Football killed Tyler Hilinski.
Officially, the Washington State quarterback’s cause of death was suicide. But that’s just semantics after Tuesday’s news that...
Armour: Why Parents Shouldn’t Clear Kids from Concussions
There are times Mom and Dad really don’t know what’s best. Like, say, when it’s safe for their child to return to play after a...
