The following was posted here on TCB 10/24/13, I feel with the traffic it has been garnering that it should be reposted at the top of the cue for the time being. It is worth comment and questions… The post…
The post below is from Matt Chaney’s Blog, re-posted (in part) here with his permission. We are posting it here not as an endorsement, rather as an opposing view that is worth the read. Our commentary on this article by…
If you have been around enough you have seen the stylings of Matt Chaney on this blog, he is someone I call a friend. In some circles that discounts me as a professional, which is both stupid and dumb. I…
Matt has become a contributor here on the blog and I enjoy the work he has done not only for The Concussion Blog but for everyone. It’s not a secret that a bit of Matt goes a long way, to…
In the news just this weekend was the terrible news from Upstate New York, as Ridge Barden of Phoenix High School died due to head trauma suffered in a game on Friday. This type of news rarely escapes the “lights”…
This blog is devoted to concussions, but there are issues out there that most want to know about. One being the steroid/HGH issue in sports, heck it was all the talk today prior to the CBA being ratified. Matt Chaney…
Following up on Part 1 and Part 2 of Matt Chaney, “pseudo-contributor”, looks at both “reform” and “research studies” as they relate to the NFL. Chaney, although very outspoken on the matter has some very valid points, all worth just…
Matt Chaney is a former football player and even self-described “juicer” during his time in the game. He used his first hand experience to write a book about steroids in football “Spiral of Denial: Muscle Doping in American Football“, and…
Matt Chaney is a former football player and even self-described “juicer” during his time in the game. He used his first hand experience to write a book about steroids in football “Spiral of Denial: Muscle Doping in American Football“, and…
Matt Chaney has written on the issues surrounding football – legally – mainly at the juvenile level. In this lengthy blog post (found HERE) Chaney talks about; Football Lawsuits Surge Against Schools Court Defenses and Safety Concepts Hardly Shield Juvenile…
Matt Chaney, who has been critical of the establishment on various subjects including concussions highlights what Jim McMahon and his group of NFL’ers have been saying in preparations for the law suits aimed at the league. The following excerpt from…
Matt Chaney is a writer, editor, teacher and restaurant worker living in Missouri, USA. His 2001 graduate thesis study for an MA degree at the University of Central Missouri was qualitative media analysis of 466 football reports, historical print coverage…
If you have read the blog much you will find a fair amount of information and commentary from Matt Chaney regarding his position on head/brain injury. One thing that Matt does well, from his journalistic background, is document the many…
Certainly we are nearing a “too much” point in terms of concussion for most of the country. For others this is just the continuation of what we have been doing for years. From a personal perspective I do like the…
In two weeks time people will be going to the movies to see the screen adaptation of a forensic pathologist that unintentionally made the giant business of the N.F.L. weak in the knees. In the movie ‘Concussion‘ mega-actor Will Smith…
ICYMI, on Wednesday Outside the Lines had a feature on the girls football league and the larger issue of concussions in football. The aired show was very good and good discussion was had by all that included Doug Casa, Jane McManus…
I have been fortunate to be in some great email “groups” with information that surrounds the playing of sports. Of course I have been attracted to concussion and those ancillary problems surrounding the brain injury. It not only furthers, the…
This report was brought to my attention by Matt Chaney, it details a study of former NFL’ers; Unusual activity in the frontal lobe, observed in former National Football League (NFL) players as they carried out a cognitive test, matched records…
Thanks to the good – and tireless – work of Matt Chaney I get sent plenty of emails about the happenings on the concussion front from a media perspective (stories and whatnot). A lot of them have vast information, but…
Choosing a sport/activity for your child can be difficult – it shouldn’t be initially – as they progress in age and skill level. Some believe there are factors that come into play when beginning to “specialize”, including injury risk; this…
Outside the Lines on ESPN will be featuring Stephania Bell today at 3pm EST to discuss the ongoing issues of head trauma in football. Another panelist will Matt Chaney, whom has put in great work in the area of injury…
Having an athletic trainer at the high school, especially a school that has collision sports, is not only handy it is a down right necessity – for various reasons. The most poignant being emergency care of injured athletes; it goes…
There are times when surveying the injuries of a said sport are handy in discerning a problem or a trend, you see it every week with our data analysis of NFL concussions (also Aussie Rules Football, MLB, NBA and NHL). …
In Maryland, Montgomery County to be specific, the school board is taking – at the minimum – a look at what they can possibly do to help with the safety of the kids they are in charge of. Lisa Gartner…
Since the tragic and untimely death of Junior Seau the concussion issue has begun to fester like a three-day old pimple on a 13 year-old’s greasy face. It is ready to pop and keeping up with all of the pertinent…
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