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December 7, 2011

How Many Pittsburgh Steelers Were on Toradol?

The newest lawsuit by ex-National Football Leaguers involves allegations that team doctors put players on the painkiller Toradol, which masked their concussions. Here’s the link to […]
December 6, 2011

Times Series on Derek Boogaard’s CTE Ups the Ante in Hockey’s Fight With Boston Researchers

If the superb three-part New York Times series by John Branch on the death of 28-year-old hockey player Derek Boogaard had only added vestigially to what’s […]
December 3, 2011

Dr. Joseph Maroon and UPMC Have ‘Suspicion-Like Symptoms’

On November 1, I reported that Dr. Joseph Maroon was still being featured at the website of the supplement Sports Brain Guard. But that is no […]
December 2, 2011

There Was Just One Problem With the George Visger Ebook Announcement …

… earlier today: It referred to “the ensuing two decades” since George’s 1982 near-death experience. Of course, it’s the ensuing three decades, and the correction has […]
December 2, 2011

Concussion Inc. to Publish Retired SF 49er Super Bowl Team Member George Visger’s Memoir, ‘OUT OF MY HEAD: My Life In and Out of Football’

Media inquiries: [email protected] Further info: https://concussioninc.net SACRAMENTO, December 2, 2011 – The Concussion Inc. imprint of ebooks has announced the signing of a new title by […]
November 30, 2011

P.S. on Harvey Araton, New York Times, and Penn State Coverage

In what I am learning is his characteristic gentlemanly way, New York Times sports columnist Harvey Araton took exception to my reporting – based on an […]
November 30, 2011

Exclusive at Concussion Inc.: Documenting the Federal Government’s Multimillion-Dollar Support of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Concussion Research

The National Institutes of Health yesterday fulfilled my Freedom of Information Act request and supplied five documents of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s multimillion-dollar grant […]
November 30, 2011

New Concussion Class-Action Lawsuit by College Players

A very busy news day at Concussion Inc. Let’s get started. George Vecsey of The New York Times has a huge, and hugely important, story today […]
November 29, 2011

Wannabe Senator Linda McMahon, Congresswoman Diane Black, and the ‘Sports-Drug-Testing-Industrial Complex’

by Irvin Muchnick Obviously, Linda McMahon isn’t the only rich woman or person running for public office. For example, Diane Black, the wife of the founder […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick