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August 20, 2011

Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers and the Third Concussion That Wasn’t

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Cole this week had a feel-good story about how Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the most valuable player of the Super Bowl, […]
August 19, 2011

‘Football Media, Courts Still Not Tackling Lesson of Dave Duerson Suicide’ … today at Beyond Chron

Six months after Dave Duerson put a bullet through his own chest, the annual national brain trauma toll mounts again, from the National Football League all […]
August 18, 2011

Publishers Weekly: ‘Freelance’ Decision Effectively Kills ‘Google Books’

[cross-posted from http://freelancerights.blogspot.com] As usual, Andrew Albanese of Publishers Weekly has the best coverage of yesterday’s Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision. See “Second Circuit Rejects […]
August 18, 2011

LA Weekly Article Highlights Why ‘Concussion Awareness’ Is Not the Answer

• The ImPACT test, widely regarded as the go-to neurological exam to measure concussive blows, doesn’t always accurately gauge a player’s readiness to return to action. […]
August 18, 2011

‘NFL Players Boss DeMaurice Smith, Eric Holder’s Pal, Major Bad Guy in National Concussion Saga’ (full text)

[originally published 8/12/11 at Beyond Chron, http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=9425]   by Irvin Muchnick And now for a heartwarming anecdote from last weekend’s Pro Football Hall of Fame festivities […]
August 17, 2011

Sometimes They Don’t Die From Brain Trauma: The Corwin Brown Story

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/boston/fenway_kenmore/articles/2011/08/17/brain_trauma_cited/
August 17, 2011

NFL’s Dr. Hunt Batjer, Like NFL’s Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, Contradicts NFL’s (and WWE’s) Dr. Joseph Maroon on Concussion Exam

Dr. Hunt Batjer, co-chair of the National Football League’s Head, Neck and Spine Injury Committee, has a new video at the league’s PR website, nflhealthandsafety.com. This […]
August 17, 2011

Houston Texans’ Cheta Ozougwu Plays a Full Quarter With a Concussion

From Mike Florio of NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk comes the story of Cheta Ozougwu of the Houston Texans, who got dinged on the opening kickoff […]
August 16, 2011

Second FoxSports.com Story Today Details Challenge to NFL Disability System and Duerson’s Tainted History With It

I just posted a review of a story on Dave Duerson by Alex Marvez of FoxSports.com. There’s also a second Marvez piece, “NFL retirement plan faces […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick