May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
In response to my query, Bob Costas said: “I was aware, of course, of Alan Schwarz’s writing on the subject for The New York Times. Alan […]
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
‘Coming to a Theater Near You: The Football Concussion Crisis Documentaries’ … today at Beyond Chron
Ed. Note. Since submitting this article, Beyond Chron contributor Muchnick has exposed on his own blog that the Head Games film was underwritten by Chicago billionaire […]
May 14, 2012
May 14, 2012
The casual observer might be struck by how messy the sausage factory is behind the scenes, and how this series of posts provides non-stakeholders with a […]
May 14, 2012
May 14, 2012
The principal funder of the new documentary film Head Games is Steve Devick, a billionaire music and technology entrepreneur, who co-invented and is marketing a sports […]
May 12, 2012
May 12, 2012
Don’t worry, readers – I promise not to inflict on you my reviews of Beth Orton, Norah Jones, and Of Monsters And Men. But it’s time […]
May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012
An important story by San Diego’s 10News has the scoop on the behind-the-scenes battle by two research groups to secure the brain of Junior Seau. This […]
May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012
[originally published 5/9/12 at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Let_Elite_Athletes_Destroy_Their_Own_Brains_But_Stop_Turning_High_School_Players_into_Tackling_Dummies_10136.html] During the 1981 major league baseball players’ strike, I traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, to watch the New York Mets’ top […]
May 10, 2012
May 10, 2012
This has been an important week in the devolution of the football phenomenon. Junior Seau killed himself – who knows why at this point, but the […]
May 9, 2012
May 9, 2012
“Are Our Kids Guinea Pigs for Concussions?” Dustin Fink, The Concussion Blog http://theconcussionblog.com/2012/05/09/are-our-kids-guinea-pigs-for-concussions/#comments