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Awareness and understanding levels regarding sports concussions have gone up significantly in the past couple years. However, the focus has been on the physical aspects of the injury. There are many psychological and social issues to consider when dealing with concussions as well. (See Kevin Simpson’s “Treating Kids for Concussions Also Looks At […]

The Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers series was ugly. The Heat won the series due to the outstanding play of LeBron James and Dwayne Wade during the last couple games. But besides the Heat moving on, the other big story from this series was the constant trash-talking and ugly fouls. A lot of the series […]

Jason Reid recently wrote a provocative column for the Washington Post. He kicks off his column with a very strong statement:

“With each bone-breaking, head-injuring hit, NFL players are killing themselves slowly,” wrote Reid. “It’s not a possibility. It’s a fact, no less certain than the league’s immense profitability.”

Knowing what we now know […]

One of the victims in the growing arms race in big-time college sports is students. With university budgets tight and athletics programs unable to self-fund, schools are increasingly turning to student fees to fund skyrocketing athletics budgets.

For the second consecutive year, Rutgers University topped Bloomberg’s list of universities that provide the biggest subsidies […]

The NCAA’s power schools in the power conferences are getting just what they wanted when they formed the BCS: separation from the smaller Division I schools who are desperately trying to keep pace. Ironically, most BCS schools are themselves unable to keep pace with a small group of big-time college sports powers.

Take the University […]

Dan Wetzel has an excellent column on the Minnesota Vikings stadium issue. It includes a discussion about the absurdity of fans paying for a wealthy owner’s new stadium but still being subject to the blackout rule.

Here’s Wetzel’s conclusion:

Minnesota is going to get a new stadium. The Vikings are going to stay put. […]

By Ken Reed

Junior Seau’s suicide has spurred conversations throughout the sports world about whether football can survive in its present form. Andy Staples writes that “given everything we’ve learned in the past few years about the brain damage caused by repeated trauma, the immediate reaction is to point the finger at football … […]

For years, we exercised to get our hearts in shape and to look better. Those are still positive benefits from working out and becoming more physically fit. But there’s a growing mound of research that suggests that not only will exercise help us look better, it will help us think better.

“Exercise, the latest neuroscience […]

California leads the nation in tuition increases and the UC system has said that annual tuition hikes could range from 8% to 16% over the next four years. That would follow a tuition hike of 17% for in-state students last year, leading to student protests and sit-ins on the Berekely campus. Cal Berkeley is also […]

Paul Busch has developed an excellent website dedicated to the pursuit of a fighting-free NHL. It’s called “It’s Not Part of the Game.” The website is a well-reasoned, researched-based look at the role of fighting in NHL hockey.

Busch loves the game but is upset that fighting and thuggery take away from the beauty of the sport. […]