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As first reported on this blog last month, Dr. Bennet Omalu has an important and comprehensive article in an upcoming issue of the journal Neurosurgery. A […]

This week brings welcome news that Congressmen Henry Waxman (California) and G.K. Butterfield (North Carolina) have asked the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade to […]

[originally published on September 20, 2010, at Beyond Chron, http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=8513]   by Irvin Muchnick I am rooting for a players’ strike or owners’ lockout to shut […]

Lawmakers wonder why wrestling isn’t regulated like mixed martial arts Brian Lockhart / Hearst newspapers One is considered a sport, the other scriptedentertainment. But an effort […]

In the previous post I pointed everyone to Brian Lockhart’s excellent story today for Hearst about the prospects of pro wrestling regulation in the Connecticut legislature. […]

[NOTE: The follow-up item on this blog about Dr. Robert Cantu and the Xenith helmet company, scheduled for today, has been postponed. It should be posted […]

(Reprinted with permission from the Manchester Journal Inquirer.) WWE critic: Blumenthal should repay supporters with involvement in sports concussion controversy By Don Michak Journal Inquirer Published: […]

Ever since Dave Duerson’s suicide last month, I have been talking – I believe so far all by myself – about his role on the six-person […]

The Hartford Courant‘s Daniela Altimari, at the Capitol Watch blog, notes that Senator Richard Blumenthal has announced he is co-sponsoring Senator Tom Udall’s bill to strengthen […]