Jahvid Best on His Concussions: It Doesn’t Get Any Stupider Than This
June 5, 2012Cal Swim Coach, Sex Abuse Survivor, Banned From Clinic at Her Old Club
June 7, 2012
“Private sneak peek” No. 2 of the documentary Head Games is tonight in Boston. The film, inspired by Chris Nowinski’s 2006 book of the same name, is directed by Steve James, includes in its credited production team Alan Schwarz of The New York Times (without disclosure by The Times while Schwarz continued writing about the concussion issue), and is financed by Steve Devick, the billionaire developer of a commercial “solution”: a sideline concussion test.
Private sneak peek No. 3 is tomorrow in Philadelphia, home of Devick-funded research at the University of Pennsylvania, which Nowinski’s Boston University colleague, Dr. Robert Cantu, has disputed. Wonder what Cantu has to say about it in the Head Games film?
BACKGROUND:
Will Nowinski Documentary Propel Concussion Debate – Or Bog It Down in Vanity? (Part 1, ‘Game Within the Head Games’)
Published May 7th, 2012
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Email Exchange With Alan Schwarz of New York Times, Associate Producer of ‘Head Games’ Film (Part 2, ‘Game Within the Head Games’)
Published May 7th, 2012
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New York Times Refuses to Comment on Why It Didn’t Disclose Alan Schwarz Associate Producer Role in Chris Nowinski Film
Published May 7th, 2012
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Director Steve James: Concussion Documentary’s Funders Are Anonymous (Part 3, ‘Game Within Head Games’)
Published May 8th, 2012
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Cantu-Omalu Fight Over Seau’s Brain Highlights Gaps in New York Times Coverage and Questions About ‘Associate Producer’ Alan Schwarz’s Film (Part 4, ‘Game Within Head Games’)
Published May 11th, 2012
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Nowinski-Cantu-Schwarz Film Backer Is ID’d – Billionaire Pushing Sideline Concussion Test (‘Game Within Head Games,’ Part 5)
Published May 14th, 2012
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Dr. Cantu, Nowinski’s Partner, Ripped King-Devick Test Last Fall (‘Game Within Head Games,’ Part 6)
Published May 14th, 2012
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Bob Costas on the Background of His Interview in the Documentary ‘Head Games’
Published May 15th, 2012
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My Questions To ‘Head Games’ Film Funder Steve Devick – Standing By For Response
Published May 15th, 2012
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Number of Reasons to Be Making Excuses for ‘Head Games’ Filmmakers’ Lack of Transparency: None
Published May 16th, 2012
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‘Coming to a Theater Near You: The Football Concussion Crisis Documentaries’ (full text)
Published May 19th, 2012
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