Since 1994, the NFL’s concussion committee has released research downplaying the effects and dangers of concussions in professional football. The group has received strong criticism for its work, but the league has consistently stood by this research and regularly cited it when discussing head trauma in the NFL. However, The New York Times has uncovered…
ReadAs a mother, when your child is born, you never imagine his life ending with a death by suicide while you sit helpless on the other end of the phone line. This is what happened to Karen Kinzle Zegel when she received a phone call from her son, Patrick, 32 years old, as he calmly…
ReadFor many, the highlight of the Winter Olympics is hockey. While the sport has never quite caught on in the US as it has in other, colder countries like Canada, the United States hockey teams both have a chance to go far in the Olympic games. The men’s and women’s teams have both had promising…
ReadThe New York Times featured an editorial on January 8, 2014 from Gabrielle Giffords in which she talks about the direction she has taken in her life since her Traumatic Brain Injury from gun violence three years ago to the day. Ms. Giffords candidly addresses what has changed in her life and also talks about…
ReadOne of the biggest hurdles in preventing serious brain injury or impairment from brain injury in younger athletes is getting them to report their own injuries or symptoms. A study from earlier this year showed nearly half of high school football players said they would not report a concussion if they had one for the…
ReadESPN announced last Friday that it has asked to have its logos and credit removed from an episode of the PBS series “Frontline” set to air in October. The episode examines brain injuries within professional football and the way the National Football League has responded to the issue. “League of Denial” was created over the…
ReadTwo injuries are associated with veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan than any others. According to the New York Times, roughly a half a million veterans have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI), and there are likely many injured soldiers that have been missed. Both of these injuries are diagnosed…
ReadWhile the Super Bowl went without any clear incidents of brain injury, the topic still hung around the day like a dark cloud, which the NFL tried to disarm as well as they could. While the NFL is often painted as the villain in the conversation, and occasionally they kind of have been, it is…
ReadThis weekend marks the biggest event in professional football, and maybe even all sports, for the entire year. The Super Bowl earns ratings Presidential Addresses envy, and ad space costs more than some people make in years. The entire week leading to the Super Bowl is a spectacle of football and commerce, where the line between the…
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