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Group hopes to track jockey injuries
At present, the horse racing industry maintains a database of horse injuries and deaths, yet does not afford the human athletes that ride them the same courtesy. The (Louisville) Courier-Journal‘s...
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Stadium concessions rack up health violations
ESPN’s Paula Lavigne examined 2009 health department inspections from the 107 stadiums that host MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL games in the United States and Canada. The resulting report may keep you from...
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Concussion-related trauma masquerades as ALS
The New York Times‘ Alan Schwarz reports on what he says is “the first firm pathological indications that brain trauma results in motor-neuron degeneration.” The headline behind that conclusion, of...
View ArticleCollege football, sickle cell can be deadly combo
Rachel George, Iliana Limón and Shannon J. Owens of the Orlando Sentinel look at college football players whose deaths have been linked to sickle cell trait. Overwhelmingly in the past 11 years, more...
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As Tenn. lags in youth sports concussion laws, reporter shows delay taking a...
The Tennesean‘s Nate Rau becomes the leader in the clubhouse for 2012’s “most viscerally disquieting use of a verb” award after opening his youth sports concussions story with “The hit that sloshed...
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Baseball’s Schilling blames tobacco for cancer; what do reporters need to...
Photo: Jeff Archer via Flickr The ties between smokeless tobacco and baseball run deep. The immortal Babe Ruth claimed Pinch Hit was his chew of choice (as this short film from the U.S. Centers for...
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‘Back-to-school’ a good time to focus on sports-related dental injuries
With millions of school athletes headed back to playing fields across the country, protecting teeth from loss and damage should be on the minds of parents, coaches, teachers and players too. Ray...
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Smokeless tobacco use among teens on the rise, even among athletes
Image derived from SETShots via Flickr The use of snuff and other smokeless tobacco products by American high school students is up significantly, even among high school athletes typically more...
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Covering sports concussions: Some takeaways from the #AHCJ16 panel
Photo: Tara Haelle/AHCJNFL free agent Josh Cribbs captivated attendees with his own experiences, talking about the lengths that players would go to conceal possible concussions and game the tests....
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Tip sheet provides pointers on concussion-related testing and other...
Photo: Courteney via Flickr In what seems to be an eternity ago, I wrote about a pair of studies on concussions for Scientific American. The 2013 piece was interesting to write because it covered two...
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