Only the unidentified voice remains. The baseball game is gone. The drive to the field vanished. That morning’s school day disappeared. The previous weeks, too. Just four words, maybe from the catcher, linger in Jared Schwartz’s memory. “Are you OK, Jared?” Jared, then 12, was standing in the left-handed batter’s box of the local Little […]
Gatorade getting involved with the NBA Development League gained attention for one reason: rebranding to the Gatorade League or G-League. The sports drink giant, however, had much more than naming rights in mind when it signed the deal. As part of the partnership, the G-League will be assisted by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. It’s […]
2nd Skull, a company that creates protective skull caps for tough contact sports such as football and rugby, has received $100,000 in funding from the NFL as part of HeadHealthTECH Challenge II, it was announced Wednesday. The competition, conducted by the NFL and Football Research Institute and managed by Duke University’s Clinical and Translational Science […]
Just over 16 years ago, Minnesota Vikings offensive tackle Korey Stringer died after collapsing from heatstroke during training camp. In years since, there have been similar cases with college and professional athletes suffering complications due to heat exhaustion during practice. In 2010, the Korey Stringer Institute (KSI) opened at the University of Connecticut with a […]
The most promising research into concussion prevention is inspired by human yawns, woodpecker tongues and mountain-dwelling rams. The manifestation of this work is the novel Q-Collar, a device worn around the neck that works by enhancing the brain’s own physiology by lightly compressing the jugular to increase blood volume in the skull. That may help […]
