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November 28, 2011

Why Wait for the Pittsburgh ‘Concussion Town Huddle’? Order Our Upcoming Ebook Today

A month ago I told you of the abrupt postponement of the “Town Huddle: Concussions in Sports” event, which had been scheduled for November 1 at […]
November 28, 2011

Mysteries of the Universe: When Did ImPACT Chief Mark Lovell ‘Retire’ From UPMC Concussion Program?

As I reported last week, Mark Lovell is out as the director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Sports Medicine Concussion Program. Michael “Micky” Collins, […]
November 29, 2011

Wannabe Senator Linda McMahon, Congresswoman Diane Black, and the ‘Sports-Drug-Testing-Industrial Complex’

by Irvin Muchnick Obviously, Linda McMahon isn’t the only rich woman or person running for public office. For example, Diane Black, the wife of the founder […]
November 30, 2011

New Concussion Class-Action Lawsuit by College Players

A very busy news day at Concussion Inc. Let’s get started. George Vecsey of The New York Times has a huge, and hugely important, story today […]
November 30, 2011

Exclusive at Concussion Inc.: Documenting the Federal Government’s Multimillion-Dollar Support of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Concussion Research

The National Institutes of Health yesterday fulfilled my Freedom of Information Act request and supplied five documents of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s multimillion-dollar grant […]
November 30, 2011

P.S. on Harvey Araton, New York Times, and Penn State Coverage

In what I am learning is his characteristic gentlemanly way, New York Times sports columnist Harvey Araton took exception to my reporting – based on an […]
December 2, 2011

Concussion Inc. to Publish Retired SF 49er Super Bowl Team Member George Visger’s Memoir, ‘OUT OF MY HEAD: My Life In and Out of Football’

Media inquiries: [email protected] Further info: https://concussioninc.net SACRAMENTO, December 2, 2011 – The Concussion Inc. imprint of ebooks has announced the signing of a new title by […]
December 2, 2011

There Was Just One Problem With the George Visger Ebook Announcement …

… earlier today: It referred to “the ensuing two decades” since George’s 1982 near-death experience. Of course, it’s the ensuing three decades, and the correction has […]
December 3, 2011

Dr. Joseph Maroon and UPMC Have ‘Suspicion-Like Symptoms’

On November 1, I reported that Dr. Joseph Maroon was still being featured at the website of the supplement Sports Brain Guard. But that is no […]
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