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The NFL’s program for diversity in sports medicine is something this league finally got rightDoing right by diversity isn’t in the NFL’s DNA. But their venture with the league’s Physicians Society (NFLPS) and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS) is a great diagnosis. ...

Damar Hamlin’s injury could have a major effect on youth football participation23.6 million people tuned into Monday Night Football between the Bengals and Bills this past week. 23.6 million people saw Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin nearly lose his life. That kind of image sticks with people, and I wouldn’t be surprised if several parents think of that moment in the future when co...

Bonesetter Reese And The (Mostly Painless) Birth Of Sports MedicineHonus Wagner’s career hung in the balance. In 1901, the superstar shortstop was in his second season with his hometown Pirates. But a wrenched knee suffered on the turf at Exposition Park—the Pirates’ home on the north side of Pittsburgh, a few hundred feet from where their current stadium stands to...

Dry Bones

Doug Miller has an uncommonly thorough piece on Dr. Frank Jobe over at MLB.com:...

Washington Post Finds Retired NFL Players Broken And Uninsured

You might've wondered at some point in the past umpteen seasons of watching NFL football, Hey, who pays for the chronic and perhaps debilitating injuries these players are doubtlessly incurring? The Washington Post has your answer: Probably not the teams, possibly the taxpayer and, quite likely, no ...

This Isn't How You're Supposed To Lift A Guy On A Stretcher

I don't know who this player is or how he hurt himself, but I do know this video is about five Leslie Nielsen movies rolled into one. [Via Twitter]...