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On the pitch too. the pfa says concussion protocols are failing to prioritise player safety, after leeds robin koch left the field following a clash of heads. koch collided with uniteds scott mctominay in the first half but stayed on the field for almost another 20 minutes. his club say koch passed all of the on—field concussion screening tests, and the player himself tweeted, saying he wanted to support the team for longer yesterday, lets have a quick look at some of the other stories making ...

After team gb fell well short of their medal target for beijing. they won just two medals, both in curling, with the women�*s team claiming gold on the final day of the games. they�*d been set a target of three to seven. there were only 15 top—ten finishes from team gb, compared to 17 outside the top 25 orfailing to finish. there orfailing to finish. is there or failing to finish. is lots of potential coming through, there is lots of potential coming through, yes, they did not bring back m...

There have been serious reservations made over the concussion protocols in rugby union by a former welsh doctor. tomos francis suffered a head injury against england in their last six nations match but has passed the return to play protocols. doctorjohn fairclough says selecting him against france whould put the player at "unnecessary risk of serious harm". his team—mates owen watkin and josh adams have also been cleared to play after suffering blows to the head. we have covered a lot of this ...

The New York Racing Association will welcome members of the Organization of Racing Investigators to Aqueduct for its annual conference

Concussion campaigner and AFL player manager Peter Jess talks about his ongoing campaign in Australia.

Can the Silver and Black rebound from a blowout on the second leg of a back-to-back?

Players put on messages on the helmet and encouraged to speak out for social justice and this happens. the language in the emails was shocking, discovered in that workplace investigation in the time that gruden was in an analyst for espn and in them he uses first a racist trope to describe a man talking about the lips, horrific language to insult commissioner goodell. players that protested the national anthem. mocking concussion protocols as you mention and then using a homophobic slur to descr...

Targets here. he talks about gays, about women, blacks, concussion protocols in the nfl, protesting during national anthems. i want to focus on the racist nature of his comments here because theres a dynamic. 70% of nfl players are black and heres a white coach, only three black coaches, by the way, and hes leading largely people of color. heres how former nfl and hall-of-fame wide receiver randy moss, what he had to say about gruden. >> talk about leadership, we give guys big contracts because ...

Espn analyst. in them, he describes a racist trope to describe marcus smith, uses offensive language to insult nfl commissioner roger goodell. he disparages players who protested during the national anthem. pans female referees, mocks concussion protocols. even uses a homophobic slur to describe the leagues first openly gay player, michael sam with carl nassif, now on his own roster. gruden exited with an apology. he said he was very sorry and didnt want to distract from the team. meanwhile, the...

Governing bodies are showing i governing bodies are showing willingness to really take on—board ideas around concussion protocols, etc. but we need to force their hand. it needs to happen now. they have been players with serious instances. there was one death of a teenage boy in this country. we need to take it seriously now. we cant just wait for evidence. has been research the last 20 odd years, mostly on man. i would say there needs to be independent funding now for research across both the...