NFL Reports Alarming Spike In Concussions During 2015 Season
The league issued its concussion data for the year on Friday, a little more than a week before the Super Bowl, but did not release any data about total injuries.
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The league issued its concussion data for the year on Friday, a little more than a week before the Super Bowl, but did not release any data about total injuries.
The county is circulating a "safer sports" handbook for dealing with concussions -- spotting them quickly and avoiding full-contact workouts when possible.
Omalu neither discovered the disease nor named it, according to scientific journals and brain researchers who were interviewed by The Associated Press.
It is one of the NFL's flag-raiser photos, one of several Iwo Jima's that stand right up there with a kneeling Y.A. Tittle bleeding from his bald head in the end zone.
Oyster Bay, Long Island has begun use of football players with electronic sensors to help prevent head injuries.
Oyster Bay is the first school district on Long Island to equip its high school football players with electronic sensors designed to help prevent serious head injuries.
Standing in front of the football field at Garfield High School, officials from the CDC and Rep. Bill Pascrell discussed the new report on Tuesday.
Football is simply supposed to be a source of entertainment for us. We fans never signed up for this expecting to grapple with such weighty life questions.
How safe is football? Should you let your kids play? The NFL is out to educate the gatekeepers of the family, mothers.
The Giants did Peyton Hillis a big favor when they cut him. They gave him a chance to preserve his brain by taking away the one incentive -- dollars -- that keeps players coming back.
Giants punter Steve Weatherford, along with former NFL wide receiver Sidney Rice, will donate his brain for scientific research after he passes away.
When preseason games, plus preseason and regular-season practices, are included, the 202 concussions this season declined 12 percent from 2013, and 23 percent from 2012.
What City Councilman Stephen Levin of Brooklyn is proposing is requiring a doctor at every youth football game, and a doctor or athletic trainer at any practice involving tackling.
The SpeedFlex helmet from Riddell burst onto the scene in 2014. Its safety features and unique design were a big hit among the initial players that made the switch.
Concussions continue to be a huge topic of conversation in sports, particularly as it pertains to football.
Rep. Bill Pascrell, co-founder of the congressional Brain Injury Task Force said he also wants the league's commissioner to establish penalties for violating concussion protocols.
The NFL estimates that nearly three in 10 former players will develop debilitating brain conditions, and that they will be stricken earlier and twice as often as the general population.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday and seeks class action status on behalf of current and former soccer players who competed for teams governed by FIFA and several U.S.-based soccer organizations.
College sports' governing body also agreed to implement a single return-to-play policy spelling out how all teams must treat players who received head blows.
To many-a-fan's dismay, some players were noticeably 'out of it' and even collapsed after sustaining a head injury during play. While getting injured is something that can happen in any sport, certain protocols need to be followed to ensure player safety.
The settlement, negotiated over several months, is designed to last at least 65 years and cover retired players who develop Lou Gehrig's disease, dementia or other neurological problems.
Among the high-profile names that have sued the NFL in recent months, the one reported on Monday night really stands out.
"We want our kids participating in sports," Obama said. "As parents, though, we want to keep them safe and that means we have to have better information."
Namath understands why more parents these days are reluctant to let their children play football. "I can't blame them. I can't blame them," he told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Jets legend Joe Namath says he's "improved" after going through "some things medically" that could be tied to concussions suffered during his playing days.
