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A concussion is a common type of traumatic brain injury, frequently suffered in contact sports, such as football. As more serious long-term effects of concussions have been revealed through medical studies, some professional sports leagues have revis...

The slow days of spring and summer that precede the college football season can bring some interesting topics to bat around in your brain. Well, that very thing happened this week when John Clay of the Lexington Herald-Leader brought up the notion...

Titus Young's father, Richard, told two Detroit newspapers on Monday that his son suffers from a brain disorder and desperately needs help.

Derek Boogaard's family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the National Hockey League.

If you somehow can't carve five minutes out of your day to watch the whole thing, at least skip to Andrea crying at 1:05. And Carl dreeting at 2:30. And, oh, sweet baby Judith, there's the musical number. Just make the time. Nothing else you accompli...

The most important move of Wednesday's game was not a swing or a catch, it was a whisper. In the sixth, the score was tied at four and there was one out and runners were on first and third. With Ichiro Suzuki up, first base coach Mick Kelleher no...

Bradford Doolittle sees why Blazers point guard Damian Lillard outclassed the field in the Rookie of the Year chase

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Former NFL offensive lineman Kyle Turley told the San Diego Union-Tribune that he is suffering from severe mental problems, and has considered suicide, as a result of multiple head injuries he sustained while playing football.

In ESPN The Magazine's 15 anniversary issue, Mag 15, David Fleming writes about Eric Lindros, who unintentionally became the poster boy for the concussion crisis when he challenged hockey's play-though-it culture.

A research report telling Riddell that no football helmet could prevent concussions did not deter Riddell's development of the Revolution or its decision to market the helmet as protection against concussions.

People who confuse brains and luck can get in a whole lot of trouble. Seeing through the game is not the same as winning the game. Former Arizona QB Matt Scott will get his chance in Jacksonville. Just because Arizona State didn't have any draf...

ESPN's enterprise team looks at the importance of the study of the brain of former San Diego linebacker Junior Seau. Seau committed suicide last May 2 at the age of 43. "Outside the Lines" produced this video on the impact of the information from ...

How multiple research groups and the NFL battled over Junior Seau's brain to lead the science of concussions.

We've got summer blockbusters on the brain this week on the Hollywood Prospectus, and so we thought it'd be a good time to run back some of the summer movies we hold nearest and dearest to our hearts, the films that epitomize everything a summer movi...

This has been a bad week. It's interesting to learn, in times of turmoil, just how capable your brain is of emotional compartmentalization. In the past four days, I've learned that I'm pretty horrible at it. Even after writing articles all week, I...

UPDATE: Orioles manager Buck Showalter fired back Friday afternoon when asked about Rex Ryan's comments. "I think I'd be a little more concerned about Nov. 24, when the Jets come here, and trying to figure out a way to beat the Ravens. Wouldn't yo...