.......I had never passed out like that before, and I started becoming really paranoid. I went into a panic. ....... I started to lose control. My limbs were shaking, and I couldn’t speak. I was conscious, but I couldn’t speak the words I wanted to say.”
Turley is ...... thirty-four years old,
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Malcolm Gladwell is an outstanding writer who takes time to include facts. This is a must read for all college presidents and football coaches. This article reviews a very important issue. This is excellent journalism.
Factual story about the research on serious brain trauma associated with football and boxing. Presents convincing, but preliminary, research about problems with even very young players.
I have considered football barbaric because of the essential trauma involved and because of the lifelong musculoskeletal problems associated with ... More »
A good story of head injuries in football, with professional evaluation of brain damage, and framed in an interesting moral perspective. Protective gear has come a long way, but can only do so much. Perhaps Gladwell has found a way to reduce health care costs.
Boxing continues to be a more challenging topic, along with the crazy ultimate fighting and cage fighting. The topic is personal as I reflect on ... More »
Football faced a version of this question a hundred years ago, after a series of ugly incidents. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt called an emergency summit at the ... More »
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