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May 3, 2012

‘“Many Brain-Damaged Football Players Would Do It All Over Again.” And Your Point Is?’ … today at Beyond Chron

by Irvin Muchnick Ed. Note: This article was written before the news yesterday that Junior Seau, 43, a very recently retired all-pro linebacker, was dead of […]
May 4, 2012

Muchnick Media This Week

5/3 Junior Seau suicide — “Tony Basilio Show,” WVLZ-AM 1180, Knoxville, Tennesse http://bit.ly/IILINQ   5/3 Junior Seau suicide — “Jim Richards Show,” NewsTalk 1010, Toronto http://bit.ly/IZO7ky […]
May 4, 2012

Must Read: Q&A Between Journalist Patrick Hruby and ‘United States of Football’ Documentary Maker Sean Pamphilon

Writing for the website of The Atlantic, Patrick Hruby has an extensive and uncommonly thoughtful Q&A with Sean Pamphilon, who is making an upcoming documentary entitled […]
May 6, 2012

‘“Many Brain-Damaged Football Players Would Do It All Over Again.” And Your Point Is … ?’ (full text)

[originally published 5/3/12 at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/_Many_Brain_Damaged_Football_Players_Would_Do_It_All_Over_Again_And_Your_Point_Is__10122.html]   Ed. Note: This article was written before the news yesterday that Junior Seau, 43, a very recently retired all-pro linebacker, […]
May 6, 2012

George Visger on Junior Seau

In the wake of Junior Seau’s suicide, Concussion Inc. author George Visger did a great interview on CW31’s Good Day Sacramento. Here’s the link: http://gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com/video/7141932-george-visger-interview/ George […]
May 7, 2012

Will Nowinski Documentary Propel Concussion Debate – Or Bog It Down in Vanity? (Part 1, ‘Game Within the Head Games’)

Next Tuesday, May 15, is the night of the premiere, in Chicago, of a new documentary, Head Games, which was inspired by the 2006 Chris Nowinski […]
May 7, 2012

Email Exchange With Alan Schwarz of New York Times, Associate Producer of ‘Head Games’ Film (Part 2, ‘Game Within the Head Games’)

Muchnick to Alan Schwarz Alan: Below is my post about your upcoming film. For a new piece tomorrow, please answer a few questions. (I wanted to […]
May 7, 2012

New York Times Refuses to Comment on Why It Didn’t Disclose Alan Schwarz Associate Producer Role in Chris Nowinski Film

Alan Schwarz of The New York Times, who almost exactly a year ago took great umbrage at my comparing his relationship with Chris Nowinski to that […]
May 7, 2012

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Irvin Muchnick ‏ @irvmuch Will Nowinski documentary propel concussion debate or bog it down in vanity? (Part 1, “Game Within the Head Games”) … https://concussioninc.net/?p=5607 Alan […]
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