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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 […]

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 […]

‘DUERSON’ Published in November, this ebook short presents exclusive new information on the February 2011suicide of former pro football star Dave Duerson. Author Irvin Muchnick also […]

The introduction to Irvin Muchnick’s forthcoming Concussion Inc. ebook, UPMC: Concussion Scandal Ground Zero, is on the front page today, at the link below, at Beyond […]

In “The scariest thing about the NHL concussion crisis,” http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AlZyxi0ydOq7qBb9BqBKLWh7vLYF?slug=nc-cotsonika-scary_concussion_epidemic_121611, Yahoo Sports’ Nicholas J. Cotsonika notes that “you could create an all-star team of the concussed” […]

  The indomitable George Visger was profiled yesterday in his hometown Stockton Record. See “Battle scars,” http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111218/A_NEWS/112180320&cid=sitesearch. Visger’s ebook, OUT OF MY HEAD: My Life In […]

Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that the National Football League will employ independent athletic trainers to spot concussions from the press box level and alert the […]

Journalist Matt Chaney, author of the steroids-in-football history Spiral of Denial, is compiling data on catastrophic injuries this year in football at all levels. With more […]

A warm Twitter welcome to my newest follower, “@EWKLG,” Eileen Wargo. Ms. Wargo worked for nearly a decade as the legal secretary for Jerry McDevitt, a […]