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Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…
We believe everyone has a place in football. This podcast shares stories from people helping bring football to all and those giving their all to football. A USA Football podcast, hosted by Jesse Ghiorzi.
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Two high schools put that share a city and a history, put aside their rivalry to help bring football to children with disabilities.Di USA Football
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Anthony Silvestri is a man ahead of his time. He was playing high level flag football in college before that was a thing. Several years later, he now coaches his daughter Devyn, who found her love for flag at the perfect time. The quarterback was just named the 2A State player of the year in Florida and has a bright future ahead of her.…
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Connor Daley started to help out the Weymouth High Football Team a few years go. His goal was to make a few friends before high school started after being bullied badly in grade school and opting to be homeschooled for 7th and 8th grade. Instead of making some friends, he made brothers and made an impression on the team and those around him that wi…
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Offering multiple game types helps bring more people to the game. TackleBar is a limited contact way to play and part of the transition from non-contact to contact. We spoke with Tom Flood, an athletic director that added TackleBar and saw his participation number rise.Di USA Football
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Part 2: When we think of football families - it's often a father and son, but that's not always the case. This is a two-episode series where we talk with a mom and son who both play tackle football, each pushing for the top of the sport.Di USA Football
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When we think of football families - it's often a father and son, but that's not always the case. In the first of a two-episode series, we talk with a mom and son who both play tackle football, each pushing for the top of the sport.Di USA Football
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