Lance Briggs said he enjoyed every minute of football even though the physical consequences were severe. But he knew that going in. “It’s a type of high I can’t explain,” Briggs said of his playing years in a Sqor video trailer. “And football players get it from those collisions. Those eight to 10 seconds of […]
You are driving the family car through your quiet neighborhood with your two sons in the backseat. It is a gorgeous Saturday afternoon, but as you cross the intersection, seconds away from your driveway, you notice out of the corner of your eye the car next to you is running the stop sign. As the […]
Mobile Virtual Player (MVP) is a motorized and self-righting mobile tackling dummy, which was developed at Dartmouth College. Now it is making its NFL debut with the Pittsburgh Steelers. We covered the MVP last October, during Dartmouth’s eventual run towards a share of the 2015 Ivy League Title. Dartmouth and their head coach, Buddy Teevens, were ahead of the curve in […]
As if there hasn’t been enough research that equates playing football to degenerative brain diseases, a study by Dr. Francis Conidi at the Florida Center for Headache and Sports Neurology has added more fuel to the fire. The lead researcher on the study, Conidi scanned the brains of 40 ex-NFL players—they were all relatively fresh […]
Harvard University’s Football Players Health Study has just developed an app that will significantly add to the sheer amount of data that exists on the health of retired NFL players. The app, titled TeamStudy, is targeted towards both former NFL athletes and the general public, as the non-NFL participant will act as a control. Get […]
