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Search results for "sports injuries" ...
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"Little Leagues, Big Costs"
This five-day series chronicles the experiences with youth sports of high school and college athletes and coaches. By establishing "baseline data" that has been previously unreported, Dispatch reporters found a "corrupted" sports program overrun with angry parents and practices that cause severe injury to young athletes. Rising costs and financial competitions are added pressures to the industry.
Tags: youth-sports; IRS 990s; NCAA; NCAA Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act; Nexis; Ohio State; Gene Smith; Ohio High School Athletic Association; OHSAA; OSU
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Danger Zone
"High school football players suffer concussions more frequently than adults; their concussions can be much more severe than adult concussions, too. Misperceptions about concussions abound among youths and adults."
Tags: sports; health; injuries; head injuries; concussion; high school; football
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Command Mistake
As a result of this WISH-TV (Indianapolis, IN) report, the United States Marine Corps is now issuing helmets with ballistic padding to all marines. Previously, only the Army was issuing padded helmets; and some marines were buying their own padding. The story showed that college football players' helmets were more protective than the marine helmet."The cost to care for a head-injured soldier with permanent brain damage is $2.5 to $3 million. The cost of the helmet pads is as little as $30." Story contains on-ground elements filmed in Germany and Iraq.
Tags: Traumatic brain injury research; TBI; concussion; ballistic pad testing; football helmet testing; Kevlar helmet; roadside bomb blasts; Commanding General George Casey; Baghdad; Fallujah; Landstuhl Medical Center, Germany; Riddell; Brigadier General John Kelley; Congressman Steve Buyer; Indiana National Guard; Roudebush VA Medical Center; craniectomy; aphasia; Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz; Joint Theater Trauma Registry; Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center; DVBIC; Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital; Traumatic Brain Injury in the War Zone; Susan Okie, MD; New England Journal of Medicine; American Football Coaches Association; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program
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Bloody Sundays
An investigation into the physical toll exacted on professional football players every Sunday.
Tags: football; NFL; injury; health insurance; league rules; sport
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Players accuse coach of abuse
This story looks at a group of softball players who were subjected to abuse in the form of longer hours of practice and playing with injuries. According to this report, the coach forced the team to play with their injuries and threatened them to pull out their scholarship money if they complained to the administration. After this investigation, the University cancelled the team's season.
Tags: George Washington University; college sports; coaches; abuse by coaches; university sports; students; injuries to players
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Kaboom, Kaboom Again, News story
The Canadian hockey association had dropped a 20 year ban on body checking in hockey. This would have affected quite a few children. Since this had to do with serious injuries CBC's Mark Kelley investigated this issue. The ban was lifted after university studies Cconcluded that leagues that did not ban body checking also had a high spate of injuries. Mark Kelley's investigations proved that these studies were indeed wrong and challenged the lifting of the ban.
Tags: ban on body checking; university studied proved false; university studies proved wrong; ice hockey; hockey; Canadian hockey; sports injuries
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Toughman: Bouts with Danger
This set of stories from the Detroit News reveals disturbing statistics of the number of amateur boxers killed during the popular amateur boxing events. 12 men have died in the span of four months in this poorly regulated sport. Many of the contestants also suffers from brain damage. As the report reveals most of these incidents are due to negligence by the referees or the lack of immediate medical attention.
Tags: boxing; sports injuries; death due to boxing injuries; Toughman amateur boxing; Dore Toughman fighters; Art Dore; Toughman founder; amateur boxing; fatalities while boxing; FOIA
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Racing Safety
An Orlando Sentinel investigation reveals that the NASCAR auto racing league has made few safety changes to combat a recent spate of driver deaths from violent head injuries. A week after the Sentinel's initial series ran, NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt died of similar head injuries during the final lap of the Daytona 500. The Sentinel continued its investigation into NASCAR and its history of drivers dying from violent head injuries.
Tags: NASCAR; Dale Earnhardt; head injuries; auto racing; autopsy records; deaths; sports; safety; automobiles
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Death at the track: Racing's Human Toll
An Observer investigation found that at least 260 people (including children and spectators) across the United States died in auto racing since 1990. The study scrutinized the main reasons: fences and barriers fail regularly, potentially dangerous drivers are allowed to race, head and neck injuries killed at least half the drivers, and inadequate rescue measures. After conducting more than 400 interviews plus newspaper and Internet searches, the Observer documented 260 deaths in all levels of U.S auto racing - from premier Winston cup and Indy car events to dirt-track races. Most deaths occurred at the small tracks. An Observer survey of track officials showed that few speedways inspect more than basic safety items of the racing cars. The fragmentation of the racing world and its players' fears of lawsuits have hindered collaboration and unity that could raise the level of safety.
Tags: death; sports; drivers; spectators; road accidents; survivors; safety standards; NASCAR; CART (Championship Auto Racing team); IRL (Indy Racing League); ARCA (Automobile Racing Club of America); life insurance; Lowe's motor speedway; CAR
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The wrecking yard
Sports Illustrated looks at the chronicle diseases of retired NFL players. The game's grim legacy is a lifetime of disability and pain, the magazine reveals. The story points to studies showing that the majority of former football players suffer orthopedic traumas until the end of their lives. Among 870 former players responding to a survey, 65% had suffered an injury that either required surgery of forced them to miss at least eight game. The article profiles several former football stars who complain about the severity of their current condition.
Tags: Chris Washington; Joe Jacoby; Bill Stanfill; Johnny Unitas; Harry Carson; Curt Marsch; hip replacement; orthopedics; surgery; doctors; medical care; arthritis; spine injuries