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Cam Newton Ruled Out For Monday Night Game Under Concussion Protocol
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has been ruled out for Monday night’s game after suffering a concussion in last week’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons....
Francis Owusu Knocked Out By Helmet To Helmet Hit; Officials Review Video, Somehow Declare It Legal
Chris Owusu’s NFL career came to an end in part due to his having suffered at least five documented concussions. Here’s his little brother, Francis, getting knocked out tonight by a blow to the head that Pac-12 officials reviewed on video and declared to be safe and legal....
Ronald Eguino Knocked Out By Kick To The Head, Returns Moments Later
A kick to the head left Ronald Eguino lying motionless on the pitch late in his team’s eventual 2-1 loss to Chile, but the Bolivian defender returned moments later after what we can assume was an exhaustive concussion protocol....
Trump Endorses Brain Damage In Speech That Claims Football, Like America, Has Gone "Soft"
Donald Trump ranted at length today during a Reno campaign stop about how “soft” he believes the game of football has become, pointing to last night’s Steelers-Bengals game as an illustration of how player-safety rules are ruining America....
Steelers Move On After Winning Field Goal Set Up By Attempted Antonio Brown Assassination
Vontaze Burfict’s head shot to Antonio Brown and a subsequent penalty on Adam “Pacman” Jones earned the Steelers and a hobbled Ben Roethlisberger enough yardage to set up a game-winning field goal—one that erased what had been a stunning fourth-quarter Bengals comeback....
Giovani Bernard And The "Unfortunate Hit" That Knocked Him Out And Enraged The Bengals
Tonight’s already tense Steelers-Bengals Wild Card game turned very ugly after Ryan Shazier knocked out Giovani Bernard and forced a fumble with a devastating hit delivered to Bernard’s skull. Brain damage apologists at CBS defended the play as legal and simply called the play “unfortunate,” because...
<i>Bone Crunchers</i>, <i>Crunch Course</i>, And How The NFL Hitched Its Brand To Brain Damage Snuff Films
On Christmas Day, Sony Pictures Entertainment will release Concussion, a film that will almost certainly be very bad. As we’ve already noted, the film—starring Will Smith as CTE researcher Dr. Bennet Omalu—suffers from significant issues, both in theory and practice. (When the film studio’s lawyers ...
Washington State Quarterback Carted Off After Being Knocked Out By Blow To The Head [UPDATE]
Luke Falk has been a folk hero to Cougars fans in leading Washington State to its best record in years, but the quarterback left today’s game against Colorado in the third quarter after a big hit left the back of his head ricocheting off the turf in Pullman. ...
Mike Iupati Leaves Field In Ambulance After Taking Hit To The Head [UPDATES]
Tonight’s Sunday Night Football game on NBC came to a terrible halt tonight as Arizona’s three-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Mike Iupati left the field in an ambulance after taking a hit to the head during a routine blocking play....
Georgia Player Injured After Being Slapped By Coach
Here’s one way to end up on the injury list: Georgia defensive back Rico McGraw left today’s game against Auburn after being decked in the head by an overly enthusiastic coach. Note to coaches: your players are already at enough risk of brain injury, thanks....
Deion Sanders, On Players Out With Concussions: "Half These Guys Are Trying To Make Some Money"
Deion Sanders, concussion truther. Though the commissioner of of the NFL went on Face the Nation today to deny that his league ever covered up the dangers of football and its potential to induce brain damage—because at this point, denying the dangers themselves is impossible—Deion Sanders isn't co...
Time To Start Worrying About The Brains Of Hockey Players, If You Weren't Already
Reggie Fleming, a brawling defenseman from hockey's pre-helmet days, died recently at age 73 with the same sort of neurodegenerative disease found in boxers and football players. So now the NHL can pretend to address the issue, too!...