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Connor McDavid's Anger Shows The NHL's Concussion Protocol Working Like It Should

When a league’s concussion protocol works like it’s intended, players will get mad. There’s no way around it. Connor McDavid, the Oilers’ young star, was yanked off the ice after hitting his head in last night’s home loss to Minnesota, and he was pissed....

Officials Missed A Huge Blow To Sam Bradford's Head On Game-Deciding Play 

The Minnesota Vikings held Dak Prescott to his fewest yards passing in an NFL game and staged a late comeback against the Dallas Cowboys tonight, but they came up short on a late two-point conversion and lost, 17-15. After hitting Jerick McKinnon for a touchdown pass, Sam Bradford airmailed his two-...

Indiana's Zander Diamont On Quitting Football: "I Need My Brain"

Indiana backup quarterback Zander Diamont didn’t specify how many concussions he’s had due to football, but he ballparked it at “a lot.” The junior has decided to step away from the sport after the Hoosiers’ bowl game. Diamont’s reasons were simple and sound. From the Indianapolis Star:...

Notre Dame's Jerry Tillery Kicks Head Of Player Who Just Suffered Brain Injury [Update]

USC-Notre Dame has long been a dirty rivalry, so here’s Notre Dame defensive lineman Jerry Tillery kicking USC’s Aca’Cedric Ware in the head just after Ware took a brain-scrambling helmet-to-helmet blow from Nicco Fertitta—one that got Fertitta ejected from the game....

Bears LB Leonard Floyd Stretchered Off The Field After Neck Injury

Chicago Bears linebacker Leonard Floyd left today’s game on a stretcher after injuring his neck on a play....

Luke Kuechly's Tears Hit Hard

Why is it so unsettling that Luke Kuechly cried? This is a sport where players suffer brain injuries every single game, yet Kuechly’s apparent concussion and subsequent reaction as he was carted off the field has completely overshadowed the Panthers’ win, in a way that doesn’t happen when someone is...

Harvard Releases Player Health Recommendations That The NFL Will Likely Ignore

Harvard University wants the NFL, the NFLPA, and everyone complicit in the NFL industrial complex—all the way down to media and fans—to take steps toward policies that will “protect and promote” the overall heath of football players. ...

NFL To Teams: Stop Commenting On Concussions

The NFL has given teams a new strategy for talking about players in concussion protocol: just not talking about them. ...

What's Going On With Alex Smith?

The Kansas City Chiefs are making a change at quarterback: the team will start Nick Foles over Alex Smith for Sunday against the Jaguars. Tyler Bray will be the backup; Smith won’t even dress. Is Smith still suffering the effects of brain trauma from Sunday’s game against the Colts? The Chiefs aren’...

Here's The Moment Brandon Tate's Day Ended

Bills receiver Brandon Tate left today’s game after Patriots safety Devin McCourty delivered a hit on him in the third quarter. Getty Images stringer Tom Szczerbowski captured the moment of contact in which Tate’s body stopped, but his face stayed in motion, because football is a game of constant co...

Baylor freshman Grayland Arnold gives a thumb’s-up as he is carted off the field early in the Bears’ game against Texas in Austin....

Illinois Receiver Malik Turner Taken Off Field On Stretcher After Helmet-To-Helmet Hit

Minnesota defensive back Duke McGhee was ejected for targeting after a play that left Illinois wide receiver Malik Turner on a stretcher....

CBS's Brian Jones Rants Against Targeting Rule

Brian Jones failed out of the NFL due to injury—he even filed, and lost, a lawsuit over it—but don’t tell him that the sport of football needs rules to protect players’ long-term health. The CBS college football analyst alternately demanded players grow eyes in the back of their head or barked “KEEP...

The NFL And NFLPA Remind Us How Meaningless The League's Brain Damage Protocols Are

The NFL and NFLPA have released a joint statement explaining why Cam Newton wasn’t removed from the game to be evaluated for symptoms of brain damage after taking multiple blows to the head in Week 1. What the statement says, essentially, is that the things that millions of people saw happen to Newt...

Junior League Hockey Player Suspended After Concussing Flyers Prospect

Pascal Laberge was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of this year’s NHL draft, and currently plays for the Victoriaville Tigres in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During Saturday’s game against the Moncton Wildcats, he took a vicious hit from Zachary Malatesta....

Cowboys' Morris Claiborne Concussed By His Own Teammate

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Morris Claiborne left today’s game against the Packers in the second quarter after his own teammate concussed him on the field....

Report Disputes That Skins LB Su'a Cravens Needs Glasses "For A Very Long Time" After Concussion<em></em>

During an Oct. 2 game against the Browns, Washington linebacker Su’a Cravens suffered a concussion while attempting to tackle Cleveland running back Isaiah Crowell. Now, Cravens and his team appear to be having trouble settling on the exact severity of his brain injury....

Tennessee's Danny O'Brien Carted Off After Helmet-To-Helmet Hit [Update]

Senior Tennessee defensive lineman Danny O’Brien left the field in College Station on a stretcher today after a fourth-quarter helmet-to-helmet hit....

Tennessee Lineman Dazed By Blow To Head

Tennessee center Dylan Wiesman left today’s game against Texas A&M after a hit to the head left him dazed and unable to leave the field. CBS reported the unpaid senior athlete was “distraught,” but did not give any indications on his health condition....

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....