Reading Time: 3 minutes Brain injuries dropped after Dartmouth eliminated tackling during practices
Tag: Football
Watching the CFL up close and personal
Reading Time: 4 minutes This was the first CFL game I’ve attended in person in nearly three decades
The ‘woke mob’ didn’t get Aaron Rodgers. He got himself
Reading Time: 3 minutes The unvaccinated don’t seem to get that life is a team sport, not a me sport
Concussions affect elite athletes’ mental health, new research suggests
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A study shows anxiety, depression more likely among football players after a concussion than after other body injuries
If a team name is offensive, change it without delay
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why is the Cleveland baseball team waiting until 2022 to make the change? Let the healing begin now
Head injuries and football go hand in hand
Reading Time: 4 minutes Modern helmets prevent skull fractures but don’t address the problem of a brain crashing against the side of the skull
It’s time to rename the Edmonton Eskimos
Reading Time: 4 minutes As other leagues rethink racist team names, the Eskimos’ statement in support of Black Lives Matter rings hollow
NFL all talk no action until Kaepernick signed
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kaepernick remains blackballed from the league for protesting racism, social injustice and police brutality toward minorities in the U.S.
Do we choose chaos or community?
Reading Time: 3 minutes It takes true courage to hear another person’s point of view, admit we were wrong, shift our beliefs and move forward
NFL draft gives starving sports fans a morsel
Reading Time: 4 minutes But many questions remain about restarting professional sports, including how all those enormous salaries will be paid