One step forward and 10 steps back (NYT):
11 years later...This is still OFFENSIVE (NYT):
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/19/offensive-play
COVID changes soccer's rules...might this move result in less concussions? (NYT):
The Zac Easter story...all too familiar (SI/GQ):
https://www.si.com/.amp/nfl/2020/09/02/zac-easter-suicide-five-years-later-daily-cover
https://www.gq.com/story/zac-easter-cte-documentary/amp
US Olympic Sledders Struggle (NYT):
The Weight of Gold (HBO/NYT):
It was only a matter of time... (Fox News):
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/asu-ncaa-sued-over-death-of-linebacker-found-to-have-cte
Fewer youth football players = Fewer ER visits (CNN):
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/health/football-decline-kids-head-injuries-wellness/index.html
Blood testing & Concussions (News 360):
https://www.drugs.com/news/blood-test-may-reveal-concussion-severity-accuracy-spinal-tap-91380.html
Loss of another great athlete...way too early (Yahoo):
CTE confronted down-under (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/sports/australian-rules-football-cte.html
...the handmaiden of CTE (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/sports/ncaafootball/football-cte-wabash-college.html
All too familiar story...(MSN):
Good & Bad News from CDC (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/us-life-expectancy.html
Brave & Sensible (PI):
Project Enlist (American Legion):
https://www.legion.org/magazine/247895/mysteries-mind-part-1-wanted-your-brain
Progress Down Under (NZH):
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12291265
Helmets and concussions in football: No Holy Grail (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/sports/concussions-football-helmet.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Cutting edge TBI research in MO (NPR):
http://www.tinyurl.com/w3aw3lh
Youth Football: A way out? (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/sports/youth-tackle-football-marshall-texas.html
High School Concussions (The Kirkwood Call):
Is Football Falling Out of Favor? (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/08/sports/falling-football-participation-in-america.html
Helmets for Flag Football? (CBS):
A doctor, his dementia, and football (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/sports/football/tackle-football-cte.html
High school sports and concussions (CNN):
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/15/health/concussion-high-school-sports-study/index.html
Dangers of youth tackle football (KMOV):
Pseudo-science and concussions (Wired):
https://www.wired.com/story/footballs-concussion-crisis-is-awash-with-pseudoscience/
Concussions force Pittsburgh high school to forfeit game (WPXI):
NHL's Bettman should be ashamed of himself (TSN):
WA law allows AT to pull players off field (TS-R):
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/sep/04/law-that-gives-trainers-authority-to-pull-players-/
Is Football here to stay? (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/opinion/sunday/nfl-football.html?searchResultPosition=1
Girls/Women Soccer & Concussions (NPR):
New study reveals cognitive problems exist w/ former NFL players (BG):
Football may take toll on brain, even w/o a concussion (NYT):
A call to action; PLEASE do your part! (CLF):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rz9tYYDAls&feature=youtu.be
A nod to Nick (NPR...2:57 min mark):
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/03/747833501/saturday-sports-yankees-and-red-sox-concussions-in-football
CA Gov signs youth football law (AP):
https://ktla.com/2019/07/31/gov-newsom-signs-law-limiting-tackling-at-youth-football-practice/
Brandi & Michelle step up!!! (CBS):
Taylor steps up!!! (ESPN):
Girls lacrosse headgear...Why? (NPR):
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510052/only-a-game
Sports sending our kids to the ER (KMOV):
Bomb blasts, TBIs, and soldiers (NPR):
"It can be a brutal sport" (USA Today):
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2019/03/04/football-ban-tackling-14-children/2936638002/
Concerns are REAL (STL Review):
https://www.archstl.org/faithful-fan-concussion-concerns-are-real-3661
Game change (HBO: Real Sports);
https://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/all-episodes/january-2019
Lasting impact (Reveal/NPR):
https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/lasting-impact/
Bob Costas crosses the NBC/NFL line (ESPN):
Todd Ewen had CTE (KSDK):
NFL, CTE, and a Gunshot (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/sports/cte-football-hairston-super-bowl.html
A mother's fight against CTE (Yahoo):
https://www.yahoo.com/news/love-brain-one-mothers-fight-cte-awareness-140021395.html
An insurance crisis (NPR):
Tom Brady is irresponsible (NYT):
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/opinion/tom-brady-nfl-concussion.html
Cause for concern (ESPN):
The NFL and Mental Health (NPR):
No blow to the head is safe for children (CBN):
NHL' s Todd Ewen DID have CTE (TSN):
https://www.tsn.ca/bu-finds-former-nhl-player-ewen-had-cte-contradicting-earlier-findings-1.1218836
Changes observed in Middle School Brains (MedicineNet):
https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=216955
Football affects youth brain development just after ONE season (CNN):
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/health/youth-football-brain-impact-study/index.html
New rules for children w/ concussions (KWMU):
Can football survive w/o the violence? (WSJ):
www.wsj.com/articles/would-you-watch-football-without-all-the-violence-1542821702
NHL $19m concussion settlement (AP):
Concussions>>>Suicide>>>Stigma (NPR):
www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/11/02/alex-blackwell
Why do some people get CTE? (CNN):
www.cnn.com/2018/11/03/health/genetic-cte-severity-study/index.html
Brainwashed ~ 2 more CTE deniers?: (USA Today):
Gladiator (Spotlight ~ Boston Globe):
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/spotlight/gladiator/cte/
Dr. Ann McKee explains CTE (CLF):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKTpU2W7bfY
HS football player dies (CNN):
www.cnn.com/2018/10/01/health/georgia-high-school-football-player-dies/index.html
A player's descent into pain & paranoia (NYT):
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/27/sports/football/nfl-cte-daniel-teo-nesheim.html?smid=pl-share
Twellman's concussion pledge (SLP-D):
...bound by grief (ESPN):
Friday Night Lights Out (Harvard Education Review):
http://hepgjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.17763/1943-5045-88.2.141
As evidence of brain damage mounts ... (NPR):
www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/08/24/college-football-future-ncaa
Recent advances (NBC-KSDK):
HS numbers dropping (NBC News):
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/friday-night-lights-start-dim-high-school-football-n902886
NFL's Violence vs Safety (WSJ):
Dangers of heading in Women's Soccer (ABC News):
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/soccer-heading-lead-greater-brain-injury-women-men/story?id=56913096
Lewy Body Pathology & CTE associated w/ Contact Sports (JN&EN)
https://academic.oup.com/jnen/article-abstract/77/9/757/5059623?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Lewy Body Disease (USA Today):
The Fight to Save My Brain:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4BySsH6FgQ
Everything's not OK (NHL):
www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/nick-boynton-everythings-not-ok
Queensland Brain Institute (AFL):
https://qbi.uq.edu.au/concussion
Malcolm Glidewell:
http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/22-burden-of-proof
Ryan's story (Full Measure):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HZruqCyrnM
CBS News (Annals of Neurology):
www.cbsnews.com/news/cte-symptoms-youth-football-before-age-12/
CDC on CTE:
www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/pdf/CDC-CTE-FactSheet-508.pdf
60 Minutes:
www.cbsnews.com/news/ect-is-shock-therapy-making-a-comeback/
www.cbsnews.com/news/combat-veterans-coming-home-with-cte/
www.cbsnews.com/news/brian-mancini-brain-how-ieds-may-be-physically-causing-ptsd/
HBO (Real Sports: NHL's Denial):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PKQ7AcFGEE
NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/sports/football/watch-nfl-dilemma.html
www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/opinion/sunday/nfl-cte-brain-damage.html
BRAIN:
academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awx350/4815697
CLF:
concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources/subconcussive-impacts
concussionfoundation.org/PCS-resources
CNN:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBLYs-pDaQY
PBS: Frontline--
www.pbs.org/video/frontline-league-denial-nfls-concussion-crisis/
GQ:
www.gq.com/story/nfl-players-brain-dementia-study-memory-concussions
The Atlantic:
www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/08/how-students-brains-are-in-danger-on-the-field/536604/
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: