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When a football player stumbles off the field, woozy, there’s a good chance the player suffered a concussion. Often, medical professionals will converge on him, offering an assessment as to whether he can safely return to the game. These procedures are wise: Concussions are dangerous, and a brain should never be put at further risk. […]
Correction appended, 2:08 p.m. After a Great Depression and a world war, Americans were ready to have some fun. Postwar innovators delivered, with new or improved products that made it easier, and cheaper, for people to play. The first commercial ski lift, for example, debuted in Sun Valley in 1936, when a railroad engineer working […]
If a disappointing defeat at the Super Bowl wasn’t enough, imagine coming home from the big game to discover you were robbed. The Foxboro Police Department in Massachusetts is investigating a break-in and burglary at the home of New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski that occurred while he was away at the Super Bowl, […]
On Jan. 24, 2018, Larry Nassar was sentenced in Michigan state court to 40 years to 175 years in prison on criminal sexual conduct charges. He is also serving a federal sentence of 60 years for possession of child pornography and will be sentenced for additional state charges of sexual conduct with minors in another […]
The Panthers may have lost to the Broncos by one point in Thursday’s NFL opener at Denver’s Sports Authority Field at Mile High, but a touchdown by Cam Newton near the end of the second quarter did allow the Carolina quarterback to debut what appears to be his new touchdown dance for the 2016-17 season. […]
IDEAS Coyle is the author of The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. Down deep, every organization faces the same thorny problem: How do you get a bunch of individuals to combine into a single, selfless entity? How do you create buy-in, trust and cooperation? Few organizations on the planet have solved that […]
Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter was detained for hours at an airport in Romania Saturday morning, after the Turkish embassy canceled his passport. Kanter first alerted the internet of his situation in a video message posted on his Twitter account. “What’s up world. Just wanted to say we are in Romania and they said […]
The Arizona Cardinals now have the longest title drought of teams in the four major American sports leagues, according to a NBC Sports report. The Cardinal’s dubious distinction follows the Chicago Cubs history-making World Series win early Thursday morning over the Cleveland Indians. The Cubs had not won the title since 1908. The Brief Newsletter […]
The infamous white Ford Bronco is making its second TV debut. But this time, it won’t be carrying O.J. Simpson on his slow-speed chase down Los Angeles’ 405 freeway. The San Francisco Examiner reports that the car is slated to appear on the History Channel’s “Pawn Stars” — a show set at the Las Vegas-based […]
Ronda Rousey will challenge defending women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes at the Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon in December, marking her return after Holly Holm knocked her out at UFC 193 last November. UFC President Dana White announced Rousey’s return on Fox Sports Radio’s The Herd on Wednesday. The Brief Newsletter Sign up to receive the […]