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Thanks to author-blogger Matt Chaney for this pointer to the report on the life-threatening traumatic brain injury suffered on September 2 by Tucker Montgomery of Tri-Cities […]

Ever since Dave Duerson’s February suicide, followed by the finding of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, I have been calling for the reopening of the files of all […]

There’s No Overstating Where the Dave Duerson Suicide Story Could Lead (February 20) ***** For Dave Duerson, ’88 Plan’ Wasn’t Enough (February 23) ***** ‘Dave Duerson […]

The blog of Dave Pear, head of Independent Football Veterans, the best-organized group of dissident disabled National Football League retirees, occasionally republishes with permission articles by […]

Taylor Branch, author of the epic multi-volume history of Martin Luther King and his times, has a long, long story for The Atlantic about the shame […]

This post was originally published here August 5 under the headline “Muchnick Flashback: 2003 Los Angeles Times Magazine Article ‘Welcome to Plantation Football.'” In the previous […]

Belinda Lerner, executive director of the National Football League Player Care Foundation, provided clarifications of her statements about Dave Duerson last month to Alex Marvez of […]

“Brain Expert: Kids Shouldn’t Play Contact Sports” WCVB-TV 5, Boston http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/29168930/detail.html#ixzz1XrzYt4ke Because of Dr. Robert Cantu’s status in the sports concussion-reform world, this news is both […]

Retired National Football League player Dave Pear, leader of the retirees’ group Independent Football Veterans, cc’d me on an email today to DeMaurice Smith, executive director […]