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In an email, Steve James, director-producer of the film Head Games, told me: “As is increasingly the case in documentaries these days, funding has come from […]

During the 1981 major league baseball players’ strike, I traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, to watch the New York Mets’ top farm club at the time, the […]

(reprinted with permission)   FRANK DEFORD   Sweetness And Light by Frank Deford Mind Games: Football And Head Injuries Download May 9, 2012 Even as the […]

From the comments log at Dustin Fink’s Concussion Blog, in reference to my Beyond Chron column today. I hereby nominate “A Concerned Mom” for the presidency […]

“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

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 […]

[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 […]

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 […]

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 […]