National Football League

Traumatic brain injuries whether they occur on the football field, soccer field, ice hockey rink, or overseas in a war laden area continues to climb. Concussions continue to be on the forefront of research in the athletic setting. Even with the numerous studies looking into concussion it continues to be a mystery to researchers. With evolving research-linking concussion to various neurodegenerative diseases, other settings are being investigated to determine if there is a link with concussion…

“Why do we inject patriot acts into sports?” is an issue that appeared in The Dallas Morning News: Sunday Points, Ralph Strangis’ position is that the ceremonies honoring soldiers and playing the national anthem at sporting events have most likely lost meaning. Strangis reasons that paying professional sports teams to market the military is disgraceful to say the least, and all this time most of the public thought they were doing it out of their good hearts. This essay will review, analyze, and…

1. Long Term Health Outcomes • At Boston University researchers tested deceased NHL brawlers named Bob Probert and Derek Boogaard and found chronic traumatic encephalopathy which is a continuous decay of brain tissues, which was caused by concussions (Gasper, 2013). • Derek Boogaard was a former NHL enforcer whose brain showed signs of neurodegenerative disease which can be linked to repeated head trauma (Press, 2011). • NHL players that take several blows to the head may lead to concussions…

Saul was a man who played a major part in the early Jewish Nations history as they were coming into their own as a nation and changing leadership styles. He was the first King and brought in new way of leadership for the nation and being a first of anything is not always good nor is it bad either. It just depends on what you’re the first for. In Moses day being the first born of Egypt on two different occasions meant you could be killed, Pharaoh killed the entire Jewish nations first born and…

Did you know that Vernon Davis of the Redskins, who had just scored a Touchdown, was penalized when he mimicked a basketball player and shot the Football through the uprights of a Goal Post against the Eagles. Refs called nine penalizes for celebrating last season. Another Penalty for celebrating is Bashaud Breeland began to twerk in the Touchdown, He got fined 12,154 I think that athletes shouldn't be punished for celebrating. One reason that Athletes should not be punished for celebrating…

one hand, people accept that professional sport player should get paid a lot because they had to spend the whole life practicing only sport they play. They had to take a huge risk on this investment. For example, David Beckham, he practice playing football since he was young. He had kicked a thousand time free-kick a day. With his endurance and patient, he become a superstar…

The (2-3) Dallas Cowboys will play against the (3-3) New York Giants at the Met Life Stadium on Sunday 3:25 central time. Cowboys are coming off a bye week while the Giants are coming off a lost against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Everyone one on the Cowboys with the exception of Dez Bryant, and Tony Romo should be healthy ready to play which is good news for the Cowboys. The plan all along since Dez injured his foot Week 1 against the Giants was to have him back after the bye week…

Disney. Pausch says “He was able to accomplish every dream in one way or another,”( __). Although not every dream is attainable, lessons can be learned from attempting. Clearly he didn’t grow up to play in the NFL, but he has taken lessons from football that have stuck with him throughout his life, such as hard work makes you stronger. “When Coach Graham first got hold of me, I was this wimpy kid with no skills, no physical strength, and no conditioning. But he made me realize that if I work…

Shelton Gibson has to rank among the fastest wide receivers in West Virginia University history, so when he posted a 4.5 clocking in the 40-yard dash earlier this month at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis something seemed a little off. “A lot of teams were telling me they were glad I posted a 4.5. I was like ‘why?’” Gibson said following West Virginia's pro day Friday morning inside the Caperton Indoor Practice facility. “They said if anybody thinks you run a 4.5 they’re crazy. We’ll get you.”…

Super Bowl commercials have become as much of the big game day experience as the game itself. From Budweiser to Ford to Doritos, the anticipation of how products will be rolled out during the Super Bowl is talked about for weeks before the game and even afterwards. All of America seems to be talking about and looking forward to seeing what appears on our television screen during those few short minutes in between the intense battle of the two opposing teams. It is sort of the Academy Award…