October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
As is the case every Monday, there’s a lot of concussion news, and most of it speaks for itself. At the National Football League level, we […]
October 15, 2011
October 15, 2011
[originally published 10/11/11 at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Flowery_Al_Davis_Tributes_Downplay_Dark_Side_of_His_Oakland_and_Raiders_Legacy_9590.html] by Irvin Muchnick It’s not nice to speak ill of the dead, and to be sure, Al Davis – the […]
October 14, 2011
October 14, 2011
In my Beyond Chron column published earlier today, I reported that the National Football League gave the CDC Foundation $150,000 for the “Heads Up” program of […]
October 14, 2011
October 14, 2011
by Irvin Muchnick What the sports-reform movement still lacks, but may soon acquire, is its equivalent of MADD – Mothers Against Drunk Driving. We can call […]
October 13, 2011
October 13, 2011
I keep hammering that the ImPACT “concussion management software” – developed by National Football League neurosurgeon-apologist Joseph Maroon and his conflicted, money-above-health team at the University […]
October 12, 2011
October 12, 2011
On August 2, I reported that Alan Schwarz, the Pulitzer-nominated concussion reporter for The New York Times, had been moved, without announcement, to the new title […]
October 12, 2011
October 12, 2011
I have received zero responses to my message of a week ago, which was sent out individually to the people listed below. Would you let someone […]
October 10, 2011
October 10, 2011
For most of 2011, I’ve been pointing out that the celebrity dead athlete press release mode of the Boston University concussion group headed by Chris Nowinski […]
October 9, 2011
October 9, 2011
The new entry in our series is prompted by Friday’s Manchester Journal Inquirer story “WWE downplaying McMahon’s ownership?” (Most Journal Inquirer content is behind a pay […]