concussions
These professionals may be the last line of defense protecting players from longterm head injury.
The league's $30 million deal with the National Institutes of Health to study CTE is dissolving in acrimony.
In baseball and softball, girls’ concussion rate was four times that of boys.
“It just stunned me. It wasn’t like I lost consciousness. I was fine.”
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The league's neurotrauma program isn’t without its faults, but it’s a lot better than what goes on in the average ER.
Most people have heard of concussions, but few fully grasp the implications.
A small study of boys' brain scans before and after football season found changes to their brains' white matter.
"Got a little ding on the head ... you can't play for the rest of the season."