All posts tagged 'brain injury'

Knucklehead LeBron James Claims He’s ‘Too Tough’ To Get A Concussion

Posted on March 24th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

LeBron James is a moron. The Miami Heat basketball player helped perpetuate one of the macho myths about concussions and brain injury following a recent game against the Phoenix Suns, according to an online story by Fox Sports Florida. http://www.foxsportsflorida.com/03/21/12/LeBron-James-too-tough-to-be-kept-out/landing_heat.html?blockID=692552&feedID=10140 James, you see, crashed headfirst into opponent Grant Hill in..
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NFL Sued By Ex-Chicago Bear Dave Duerson’s Family Over His Suicide

Posted on February 25th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Roughly a year ago ex-Chicago Bear Dave Duerson committed suicide by shooting’s himself in the chest. Now his survivors want justice from the National Football League. Duerson’s family last week filed suit against the NFL, alleging that the league has known for years that concussions sustained during the game cause permanent brain damage,..
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Company Offers Baseline Tests For Athletes To Detect Concussions

Posted on February 11th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

With all the press about the dangers of concussions suffered during sports, at least one company is offering a product that could help child and youhful athletes. A company called Axon Sports, for $7.50, says it can perform a cognitive baseline test that can be used to essentially gauge whether someone has sustained a..
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While Watching Super Bowl, Think Of Concussion Suit by Tony Dorsett

Posted on February 4th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Well, the Associated Press has done the legwork, and gotten some of the stories behind, the batch of concussion-related lawsuits that have been filed by ex-players against the National Football League. These tales may put tomorrow’s football dog-and-pony show, the Super Bowl, in a new perspective. There have been many articles written..
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First Pearce, Now Burke, Fall Victim Of Brain Injury On The Half-Pipe

Posted on January 13th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Park City, Utah, has again become the scene of tragedy involving traumatic brain injury (TBI) and young athletes. As The New York Times pointed out Thursday, roughly two years ago champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce sustained TBI in an accident in Park City. And on Tuesday, Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke fell and hit..
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Will The NFL, And Football, Survive Pending Concussion Lawsuits?

Posted on January 3rd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

We recently wrote about a number of  concussion lawsuits that were filed in the past two months or so by ex-players against the National Football League. Well, last Friday The New York Times did a big Page One round-up story on all the litigation of this kind pending against the NFL. Apparently,..
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Ex-Green Bay Packer Lew Carpenter’s Brain Showed Disease

Posted on December 21st, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Add former Green Bay Packer Lew Carpenter to the growing list of  pro football players who had degenerative brain disease. And his case adds a disturbing new twist to ongoing medical research.  Earlier this month the Associated Press reported that Carpenter, who never sustained any known concussions during his NFL career..
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Soccer Players Who Frequently ‘Head’ Ball Sustain Mild Brain Injury

Posted on December 4th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Football and ice hockey aren’t the only sports that are causing long-term brain damage in athletes. Soccer is, too. That was the finding of a study done Dr. Michael Lipton of New York City’s Montefiore Medical Center, a researcher who presented the results of his work to the Radiological Society of North..
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Pittsburgh Steelers Polamalu’s Symptoms Sound Like Concussions

Posted on December 1st, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Are Pittsburgh Steelers’ officials deluding themselves, or are they just plain stupid and reckless, in their cavalier attitude about the two recent head injuries that player Troy Polamalu sustained? Sports writer Mike Bires of the Beaver County Times did a nice job of outlining the disturbing way that the Steelers organization is treating Polamalu...
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Ex-Hockey Linesman Pat Dapuzzo Struggles With Demons After Concussions

Posted on November 29th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Hockey star Keith Primeau drives a hard bargain. When former National Hockey League linesman Pat Dapuzzo wanted Primeau to appear at a charity event, Primeau said he would do it on one condition, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/sports/hockey/for-ex-nhl-linesman-dapuzzo-recovery-doesnt-stop-when-injuries-heal.html?_r=1&ref=hockey Primeau wanted Dapuzzo to do what he had done: agree to donate his brain..
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