June

June 10, 2011

‘NFL Too Big To Fail – That’s Our Real National Concussion Problem’ … today at Beyond Chron

NFL Too Big to Fail – That’s Our Real National Concussion Problem by Irvin Muchnick In sports, as in everything, we love our scandals served on […]
June 9, 2011

Brent Boyd Loses NFL Disability Court Case – It Shouldn’t Be the Last Round

On May 24, Judge J. Frederick Motz of U.S. District Court in Maryland ruled against former Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Brent Boyd in the latest round […]
June 8, 2011

More of What Alan Schwarz of The New York Times Doesn’t Cover About the Inadequacy of Dr. Joseph Maroon’s ‘ImPACT’ Concussion Management

No doubt some casual readers of this blog think I’m doing an excessive metaphorical tap dance on Dr. Joseph Maroon, the visionary co-founder of ImPACT Applications, […]
June 8, 2011

Near-Death in Japan Pro Wrestling, With Real Fallout

Other developments have kept me from staying on top of the harrowing recent incident in pro wrestling in Japan, from which a veteran performer remains in […]
June 7, 2011

Prevention, Anyone? Cincinnati Football Strength Clinic Approach to the Concussion Problem Connects the Head to the Neck

Inevitably, my quest to expose the phonies and the hyper-self-interested gives short shrift to a critical subplot of the concussion story: the science of the prevention […]
June 7, 2011

New York Times: No Comment on Reporter Alan Schwarz’s ‘Reasons’ for Soft Coverage of Concussion Doc Joseph Maroon

It is possible to argue that Dr. Joseph Maroon is a low-value target in the national sports concussion story. I would disagree with such an argument, […]
June 6, 2011

More Words From a Defender of Alan Schwarz of The New York Times

On May 27, Jean Rickerson posted a comment rebutting my criticism of Alan Schwarz of The New York Times. Today she has a letter to the […]
June 6, 2011

My Weird 1988 Conversation With Then WWE Lobbyist and Now Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum

In 1988 I wrote an article for The Washington Monthly titled “The (Thwak!) Deregulation of (Thump!) Pro Wrestling.” It would become a chapter of my 2007 […]
June 6, 2011

‘How The New York Times Is Fumbling the National Sports Concussion Scandal’ (full text from Beyond Chron)

[originally published 6/3/11 at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/How_the_New_York_Times_Is_Fumbling_the_National_Sports_Concussion_Scandal_9229.html]   How The New York Times Is Fumbling the National Sports Concussion Scandal by Irvin Muchnick In a January New Yorker […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick