Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA), a Division 1 and Big Ten Conference Institution is seeking candidates for the position of Director of Football Equipment. The position will work in conjunction and report to the Assistant Athletic Director for Equipment Services to ensure the football equipment room and needs of the football team are met on […]
Author: Sam Trusner
Local doctors take concussion research beyond traditional sports, include wheelchair athletes
WTMJ Online Milwaukee January 12, 2022 Athletes who play full contact sports know that concussions are always a serious risk. That’s why there’s so much research done on the injury. But, that research isn’t always so helpful to athletes in wheelchairs. Doctors at the Zablocki VA Hospital’s Spinal Cord Injury Center are working to change […]
Death of High School Hockey Player Renews Debate on Neck Guards
The New York Times January 12, 2022 Expressions of grief after the death of Teddy Balkind, a high school hockey player in Connecticut, have spanned the ice hockey world, from pregame moments of silence in New England to tributes on “Hockey Night in Canada” broadcasts to hockey sticks set tenderly on porches from Manitoba to […]
Study aims to prevent deadly sports injury in young athletes
Medical Xpress January 12, 2022 At an Arizona baseball diamond 10 years ago, a 13-year-old baseball player turned to bunt a ball that instead struck his chest. Taking two steps towards first base, he collapsed and died from commotio cordis, the second leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. It’s an outcome Grant […]
Job Listing for Assistant Football Equipment Manager–Cal-Berkeley
January 2022 Departmental Overview:The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics consists of more than 275 staff members andcoaches and sponsors 30 varsity sports programs. These 30 programs include more than850 student-athletes who participate in the various sports programs annually within theNational Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). We are currently seeking an AssistantFootball Equipment Manager. Description of Position:The Assistant […]
New Player-Specific Football Helmets Could Reduce Head Trauma
The Great Courses Daily January 10, 2022 In sports, player safety has been an increasing concern. Laws restricting full-contact youth football have passed; the Will Smith film Concussion (2015) addressed controversies over player injuries in the NFL; and so on. Although expensive helmets have often promised the Moon, a new design by sports equipment company […]
Death of Teddy Balkind puts focus on safety as rules on neck guards vary
CT Insider January 10, 2022 Hockey parents have been coming in numbers to Hamden Sports Center since Thursday night. Retail manager Chuck Wasilewski said he barely knew what to say to them. “You knew what they were coming in for,” Wasilewski said. “Parents are just devastated.” The increased interest in purchasing neck protectors comes in […]
Concussion protocol extended as RFL roll out three-year mouthguard project
Yahoo! Sport January 8, 2022 The concussion return to play protocol has been extended, whilst the RFL will begin a three-year mouthguard project to measure head knocks. The Rugby Football League board has accepted a recommendation from the sport’s clinical advisory group to amend the return-to-play protocols. Players who fail concussion tests during matches or […]
The 17th Game, for the First Time
Sports Illustrated January 7, 2022 Were this any other regular season, JC Tretter would be getting ready to head home now. He would be packing up his locker, attending his exit interviews, taking stock with fellow Browns of their 7–9 finish, last in the AFC North. Instead the center is on the phone between team […]
Heart attacks, sudden deaths in football must force authorities to raise safety bar
Arab News January 3, 2022 On June 12, 2021, millions of football fans around the world collectively held their breath. The match between Denmark and Finland being played on the second day of the delayed Euro 2020 tournament came to a halt in the final minutes of the first half when 29-year-old Christian Eriksen suddenly […]