September 8, 2011
September 8, 2011
Today I attended the second annual Sports Law Symposium at Santa Clara University Law School. I wanted to see the advertised panel on concussions, including the […]
September 8, 2011
September 8, 2011
As noted last week, pro wrestler Ric Flair didn’t like the reference, in an article at Grantland.com, to his case of alcoholic cardiomyopathy – a heart […]
September 6, 2011
September 6, 2011
Those of you who want to read the complaint in the latest concussion lawsuit against the National Football League – but don’t want to spend $9-plus […]
September 6, 2011
September 6, 2011
Yesterday I posted an item with the uncomfortable suggestion that coverage of the death of Lee Roy Selmon should have included the information that, days before […]
September 5, 2011
September 5, 2011
The grotesque twists of the National Football League concussion drama keep coming. Early last week, Lee Roy Selmon – the defensive end who was the iconic […]
September 2, 2011
September 2, 2011
Deadspin, the provocative and offbeat sports site, has a story about the troubling professional and personal history of Dr. David Chao, the San Diego Chargers’ team […]
September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011
Irvin Muchnick’s September 1 interview with Jim Richards of Toronto’s NewsTalk 1010, discussing the implications of the suicide of recently retired National Hockey League “enforcer” Wade […]
September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011
[originally published May 23 at Beyond Chron, http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Is_There_Now_a_Feeding_Frenzy_of_Concussion_Related_Sports_Suicides__9204.html] Is There Now a Feeding Frenzy of Concussion-Related Sports Suicides? by Irvin Muchnick We now know that hockey […]
September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011
“The sweetest, most gentle guy ever, former Leaf Belak commits suicide” Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/1047590–the-sweetest-most-gentle-guy-ever-former-leaf-belak-commits-suicide?bn=1