brain injuries

Georgia HS football player Dylan Thomas died of cardiac arrest connected to brain injury
Dylan Thomas, the Pike County (Ga.) High School football player who died two days after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a game, has...

Calif. player has surgery after apparent severe head injury in game
A California high school football player is in a medically induced coma after surgery to remove swelling in his brain, according to the...

Mich. hockey community rallies around paralyzed player
Anthony Mastronardi lay on the ice, near the boards — his neck was broken, his brain was bleeding and his body went limp.
“I just felt...

New study shows that girls soccer has higher per capita rate of concussions than any other sport
When you think of prep sports concussions, you almost certainly think of football first. Yet a new study shows that football barely has the...

In their words: Parents on football and head injuries
High school football, as it closes the book on another season, faces existential questions. More than 1 million players perform each year under...