March

There is so much litigation by ex-players against the National Football League that it invites a form of apathy, which I’ll call “concussion fatigue.” The easy-to-dismiss […]

Gregg Doyel of cbssports.com has one of those death-of-football ruminations. Doyel adds nothing new, but he’s writing for cbssports.com, so go read http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/17423602/death-of-football-thats-crazy-until-you-start-thinking-about-it. “What would be […]

[originally published 3/7/12 at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/On_MMA_Superstar_Ronda_Rousey_NFL_Bounties_and_Why_Broken_Bones_Only_LOOK_Worse_Than_Broken_Brains_9956.html]   by Irvin Muchnick While the sports commentariat tried to figure out whether they are shocked, shocked by news that National […]

Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is one of two senators investigating the Rite Aid pharmacy chain’s use of “wellness ambassadors,” whose role appears to be pushing the […]

Yesterday was the busiest 24 hours for page views at this blog since it was rebranded as Concussion Inc. in July 2011. In less than eight […]

One of the cool things about the new ebook medium is instant errata: the author can go right into the electronic file and correct mistakes in […]

[originally published 3/5/12 at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Give_Obama_an_F_For_His_First_Public_Words_on_the_Football_Concussion_Crisis_9949.html]   by Irvin Muchnick The President of the United States has spoken on the football concussion crisis. With the utmost unseriousness. […]

Stir into the stew of the second stage of the consideration of Dave Duerson’s suicide this Miami New Times report on the recent posthumous settlement of […]

And the NFL Band Played On: Concussion Crisis Destined To Become Sports World Counterpart of AIDS Saga (full text) Published June 28th, 2011 [originally published 6/24 […]