First the word was that New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis didn’t have a concussion. Now it turns out that he did. In the fourth quarter of the Jets’ winning game Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, during a tackle Revis was kicked in the head by a teammate, Bart Scott,..
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The National Football League appears to be stepping up to the plate when it comes to brain injury research. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday that the league will provide $30 million in funding for medical research, mainly on brain injury, to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health..
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O.J. Murdock’s family has done the right thing: They’ve donated his brain to scientists who are studying whether concussions lead to depression and long-term mental degeneration in football players. Murdock, a Tennessee Titan, on July 30 joined a growing list of NFL players who have committed suicide. He shot himself..
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Facing concussion lawsuits on behalf of about 3,000 defendants, the National Football League Thursday launched a confidential mental health hot line that was developed by suicide prevention experts. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the NFL Life Line as one of the foundations of the new NFL Total Wellness initiative,..
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The family of former San Diego Charger Junior Seau, who committed suicide in May, has decided to have tissue from his brain analyzed for damage, according to press reports last week. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-12/sports/sns-rt-us-usa-nfl-seaubre86b1ba-20120712_1_junior-seau-brain-tissue-nfl-star-seau Shortly after Seau’s death, his family’s pastor said that the survivors were thinking about having the ex-NFL player’s..
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Dave D’Alessandro, a sports writer for The Star-Ledger in New Jersey, wrote a powerful column Tuesday about New York Giants CEO John Mara, concussions and the lawsuits that hundreds of ex-NFL players have filed against the league over long-term brain injury. http://www.nj.com/ledger-dalessandro/index.ssf/2012/07/giants_owner_john_mara_discusses_nfl_brain_injuries.html John Mara, the heir of the Wellington Mara..
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Last week The New York Times wrote a profile of ex-NFL player Ray Easterling’s widow, who describes the tortured two decades he lived as he suffered from dementia and memory loss. Two weeks ago, he committed suicide. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/sports/ray-easterlings-widow-to-keep-fighting-for-retired-nfl-players-with-head-injuries.html?_r=1&src=rechp Easterling was a plaintiff in one of several suits that former players..
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A day after Junior Seau’s suicide, more than 100 former NFL players — including ex-Green Bay Packers quarterback Don Majkowski — filed suit in Atlanta against the league, the latest in a string of lawsuits over the issue of concussions and safety. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500290_162-57427518/nfl-faces-new-concussion-lawsuit-by-more-than-100-ex-players/ The latest lawsuit was filed Thursday in..
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It turns out that the family of former NFL player Junior Seau, who committed suicide Wednesday, will permit his brain to be examined and studied by researchers, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/05/sports/team-chaplain-says-seau-family-will-donate-brain-for-research.html?_r=1&ref=sports In a story Saturday, The Times reported that a chaplain for the San Diego Chargers, one..
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On Thursday every sports writer in America was trying to make sense of the suicide of “Future Hall of Famer” Junior Seau. And most of them were raising the same issue that I raised yesterday: Did brain injury from playing pro ball prompt him to pull the trigger and fatally..
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