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October 14, 2011

Senator Menendez and Congressman Pascrell No-Comment Report That NFL Funded Nearly Half of CDC’s Budget This Year for ‘Heads Up’

In my Beyond Chron column published earlier today, I reported that the National Football League gave the CDC Foundation $150,000 for the “Heads Up” program of […]
October 14, 2011

‘Political Football: Centers for Disease Control in NFL’s Pocket, Too, on Concussion Issue’ … today at Beyond Chron

by Irvin Muchnick What the sports-reform movement still lacks, but may soon acquire, is its equivalent of MADD – Mothers Against Drunk Driving. We can call […]
October 13, 2011

Bulletin: NFL’s Dr. Maroon’s ImPACT Works for a High School Player … to Prevent a THIRD Concussion!

I keep hammering that the ImPACT “concussion management software” – developed by National Football League neurosurgeon-apologist Joseph Maroon and his conflicted, money-above-health team at the University […]
October 12, 2011

Minus Alan Schwarz, New York Times Football Concussion Coverage Has Evolved From ‘Flawed’ to ‘Missing in Action’

On August 2, I reported that Alan Schwarz, the Pulitzer-nominated concussion reporter for The New York Times, had been moved, without announcement, to the new title […]
October 12, 2011

Paging Congress of Neurological Surgeons Officers and Executive Committee

I have received zero responses to my message of a week ago, which was sent out individually to the people listed below. Would you let someone […]
October 10, 2011

Canadian Concussion Doc Blasts Cantu for ‘Thin Science’ in Rick Martin Hype

For most of 2011, I’ve been pointing out that the celebrity dead athlete press release mode of the Boston University concussion group headed by Chris Nowinski […]
October 9, 2011

Senate Candidate Linda McMahon Archive: Linda and Vince McMahon Take Prideful Pens in Hand

The new entry in our series is prompted by Friday’s Manchester Journal Inquirer story “WWE downplaying McMahon’s ownership?” (Most Journal Inquirer content is behind a pay […]
October 9, 2011

‘Congress of Neurological Surgeons KO’s Own Credibility With Standing Ovation for NFL Commissioner Goodell’ (full text)

[originally published October 5 at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Congress_of_Neurological_Surgeons_KO_s_Own_Credibility_With_Standing_Ovation_for_NFL_Commissioner_Goodell_9576.html]   by Irvin Muchnick As I reported on my blog, the National Football League bragged that commissioner Roger Goodell got […]
October 7, 2011

Once Again — Deafening Silence on Concussions From the ‘Sports Fan Lobby’

Yesterday I sent this query to the “Sports Fans Coalition” (executive director Brian Frederick) and “League of Fans” (a Ralph Nader group): I have been reporting […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick