Five-star Georgia commit Richard LeCounte taken off field in ambulance,...
Scary moment in Brunswick Liberty Co. Richard LeCounte hit in head during scrimmage, wishing best to @LilEasy_35 pic.twitter.com/dxUwyzt5lP — Stefanie Frerotte (@SFrerotteWJCL) August 11, 2016 Richard...
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Are the lack of standardized shock absorption rates in artificial turf...
The Arlington Independent School District in Texas previously filed a $1 million lawsuit related to deteriorating FieldTurf surfaces, including the one at Lamar High, above (Photo: WFAA) For years, the...
View ArticleOkla. football player Reuben Wheeland recovering from brain surgery following...
Pray for Reuben Wheeland https://t.co/gldB6cxm9E — Jess E. (@33jessa) October 4, 2016 An Oklahoma teenager is recovering from massive brain surgery following an injury suffered in his team’s Friday...
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New national survey finds sports concussions are more prevalent, harder on women
A female athlete waits to see a neurologist after sustaining a concussion (Photo: USA TODAY High School Sports) No two people are created equally, and it turns out neither are their concussions. Now,...
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Pediatricians suggest banning HS football. Is that realistic?
3D animation of a helmet-to-helmet impact causing a concussion. (By Christopher Feldmann / The Courier-Journal) The rise of concussions, head trauma and increasing subsequent education about those...
View ArticlePa. hockey player dies from head trauma
Hockey player from Springfield High (Montgomery County) dies from head trauma: https://t.co/HGKgNyn3Mb RIP, Nick Bond. pic.twitter.com/afm3Bky9to — Rick O'Brien (@ozoneinq) February 8, 2017 An ice...
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New study shows that girls soccer has higher per capita rate of concussions...
The J.L. Mann girls soccer team. (Photo: Greenville News) When you think of prep sports concussions, you almost certainly think of football first. Yet a new study shows that football barely has the...
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Top football recruits claim they aren't worried about concussions
Josh Auger fits football players from Lafayette Jeff with sensors placed behind their right ears to measure impacts, a way to help protect against concussions, on Sept. 9, 2016, prior to the Bronchos...
View ArticleNew Boston University study links youth football to significant health risks...
A new study from Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center has found that participation in youth football by athletes under the age of 12 can have deleterious health effects later in...
View ArticleFormer Ill. football player files suit claiming he suffered permanent brain...
A former Illinois high school football player has filed a lawsuit for more than $50,000 against East St. Louis Senior High School, the school district that contains the school and East St. Louis...
View ArticleDivorce leads to lawsuit over whether son can play high school football
Divorces are difficult, frustrating and sometimes sew seeds of permanent discord in a family. In one case, they can even lead to a lawsuit over extracurriculars. As reported by the New York Times, a...
View ArticleMaryland House of Delegates rejects anti-contact youth football, soccer bill
A controversial bill passing its way through the Maryland branches of state legislature was officially deemed dead on arrival, killing off the chance to put Maryland at the front of the queue when it...
View ArticleAre high school coaches liable for sports-related concussions?
At 16, Destin Julian suffered a seizure following a head-to-head blow during a high school football game. The injury put him in the hospital, and Julian never played again. According to our partners at...
View ArticleFormer Calif. football player awarded $7 million in lawsuit over concussion...
A former high school football player who has been left with lifelong debilitating effects precipitated by an in-game injury and his coaching staff’s inability to correctly diagnose that he had suffered...
View ArticleTeen in coma after suffering head injury at football practice
A Pennsylvania high school football team will be missing one of its contributors when it takes to the field for its season opener Friday after he suffered a serious head injury at a practice last week....
View ArticleIllinois HS football player suffers 'significant head injury' in game
A player on a Richwoods High School football team in Peoria, Ill. suffered what was described as a, “significant head injury” during a Monday evening game, with the player since placed in a medically...
View ArticleTeen in coma after suffering head injury at football practice
A Pennsylvania high school football team will be missing one of its contributors when it takes to the field for its season opener Friday after he suffered a serious head injury at a practice last week....
View ArticleIllinois HS football player suffers 'significant head injury' in game
A player on a Richwoods High School football team in Peoria, Ill. suffered what was described as a, “significant head injury” during a Monday evening game, with the player since placed in a medically...
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