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How Texas Football is Getting Serious About Spotting Concussions

How Texas Football is Getting Serious About Spotting Concussions

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In November 2013, Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wade, authors of League of Denial, wrote a story for ESPN.com that cited a 9.5 percent drop in youth football...

 
 

Football and Brain Injury: “Something Needs to Change”

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Doctors diagnose more than 200 concussions in NFL players each year. That’s unacceptable, says Shyam Popat, BA ’15, especially considering the long-term consequences...

 
 

Ash Says Goodbye (For Now) to Longhorn Nation

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On September 17, Texas quarterback David Ash made the decision to retire from football on the heels of yet another head injury that the junior suffered during the...

 
 

David Ash, Texas … Baseball Player?

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David Ash has thrown his final career pass as a Longhorn, perhaps just in time to throw his first strikeout. A Texas athletics spokesman confirmed yesterday that...

 
 

Haunted by Concussions, Safety Nolan Brewster Leaves Team

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For years, football players who suffer concussions on the field have been urged to just shake it off. But recently, researchers have realized that concussions can...

 
 
 
 
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