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Concussion awareness is a huge topic in the world of sports today, from youth sports to the NFL and NHL. The incidence of concussions, testing for the presence of concussions, and guidelines for when athletes should be allowed to return to action, are all hot issues in SportsWorld.

The King-Devick test is a very accurate, […]

One of the saddest developments in sports — at all levels — is the growing trend of youth and high school athletes specializing in one sport and playing that sport year-round. The results aren’t pretty. The professionalization of young athletes is resulting in more cases of overuse injuries, putting the future health and mobility of […]

ESPN does some awfully good work. The network’s documentaries are usually outstanding. Outside the Lines has been excellent for years on current issues. ESPN has a solid stable of commentators and analysts. And the sports network has done some good investigative work the past couple decades. But the “Worldwide Leader’s” coverage of the Penn State […]

A growing number of sports medicine specialists are claiming that there is a vast overuse of MRI scans in the world of sports. See “Sports Medicine Said to Overuse A Popular Scan,” New York Times.

“If you want an excuse to operate on a pitcher’s throwing shoulder, just get an MRI,” according to Dr. […]

The anxiety of both players and owners is going up as time moves on without a new collective bargaining agreement in the NBA.

One factor that hasn’t been talked about much is a pending National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that could come any day. The players filed charges in May claiming the owners […]

League of Fans and the organization’s sports policy director, Ken Reed, are featured in a lengthy article by Alex Johnson (@MAlexJohnson) posted on MSNBC.com Friday. See “Sports Fans Play the Washington Game.”

The article highlights some of the work League of Fans and other advocacy organizations are doing for fans, athletes and other sports […]

Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins recently made an interesting proposal that might help clean up some of the corruption in college sports: Make athletic departments legitimate academic branches and let athletes major in sports just like music, dance, art and film majors do. See Washington Post, “NCAA Colleges Should Consider Offering Sports as […]

I don’t see the attraction of sitting in a steel box going around a track at 200 mph with 30 or so other drivers in steel boxes. But that’s not the issue. I’m never going to be an Indy Car racer. There are plenty of people that like to race and even more fans who […]

A big chunk of sports fans look at the mess in college sports — a mountain of cheating scandals, conference realignment driven purely by greed — and wonder why the NCAA doesn’t step in and bring some sanity to the situation.

Well, here’s why: The NCAA’s not in charge.

The major football conferences, and […]

Denver Broncos defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson injured his right ankle on the first defensive play of last week’s game against the Green Bay Packers. Rather than come out of the game to receive treatment and avoid injuring the ankle further, he decided to “man up” and keep playing. He finished the game but when the […]