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Alan Schwarz (born July 3, 1968 in Scarsdale, New York) is a prolific sports writer, currently on staff at The New York Times. He spent most of 2007 writing a high-profile series of articles regarding concussions and other brain injuries among athletes, primarily high school and NFL football players.

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N.F.L. Players and Union Say They Share Blame on Head Injuries

WASHINGTON The helmet sits under glass at the headquarters of the football players union, memorializing the play-at-all-costs warrior who strapped it on every Sunday. Four swaths of duct tape suture the crown. Screws are broken, the enamel is cracked, ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  31 Oct 2009
Related Topics: New York Giants,  Gene Upshaw,  New York Jets,  DeMaurice Smith,  Linda Sanchez

N.F.L.’s Influence on Safety at Youth Levels Is Cited

WASHINGTON The voices belonged mostly to N.F.L. executives, N.F.L. doctors, N.F.L. players and United States congressmen. But as they clashed Wednesday in a House Judiciary Committee hearing on football brain injuries and how the league and its players ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Roger Goodell,  Pittsburgh Steelers,  New York Giants,  New York Jets,  U.S. Democratic Party

N.F.L. Scolded Over Injuries to Its Players

WASHINGTON The commissioner of the N.F.L. faced heated criticism Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, with lawmakers, former players and even a former team executive accusing the league of neglect in its handling of active and retired ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Roger Goodell,  John Conyers,  U.S. Democratic Party,  New York Jets,  U.S. Republican Party

Key N.F.L. Concussion Committee Members Not on Witness List

WASHINGTON The list of witnesses who will testify before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on football brain injuries Wednesday is notable less for whom it includes than whom it does not. Discuss the Giants, Jets, fantasy and everything else N.F.L ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: New York Jets,  New York Giants,  Roger Goodell,  DeMaurice Smith,  Pittsburgh Steelers

N.F.L. Study of Dementia Has Flaws, Health Experts Say

The N.F.L. and its doctors have consistently dismissed independent studies showing unusual cognitive decline in former players. They insist that a long-term study by the league’s committee on concussions, expected to be published in several years, will ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  New York Giants,  New York Jets,  Linda Sanchez,  U.S. Democratic Party

N.F.L. Data Reinforces Links to Higher Rates of Dementia

When a survey commissioned by the National Football League recently indicated that dementia or similar memory-related diseases had been diagnosed in its retired players vastly more often than in the national population, the league claimed the study was ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  New York Giants,  New York Jets,  New York Times Company,  Roger Goodell

Concussion Trauma Risk Seen in Amateur Athlete

Brain damage commonly associated with boxers and recently found in deceased N.F.L. players has been identified in a former college athlete who never played professionally, representing new evidence about the possible safety risks of college and perhaps ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Harvard University,  Brigham Young,  Chicago Bears

Analysis: In Southern California, Savvy Quartet of Managers Is Pulling the Strings

ANAHEIM, Calif. To its credit, baseball tends to overhype its managers far less than football and basketball do their coaches. Maybe it is because baseball games are generally won by players rather than particularly innovative tactics. Maybe it is ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  10 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Joe Torre,  Tony La Russa,  Terry Francona,  St. Louis Cardinals,  Mike Scioscia

Analysis: Angels’ Running Game Goes Beyond the Stolen Base

Keep up with the latest news on The Timess baseball blog. In the opening game of the Angels’ division series against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night, Figgins never reached base. Nobody else on the Angels, a team known for its derring-do on the ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Boston Red Sox,  Torii Hunter,  Bobby Abreu,  Mike Scioscia,  Kevin Youkilis

Ex-Gator’s Concussion Sheds Light on Tebow’s

The player looked up woozily through his face mask at University of Florida medical personnel peering through, asking if he was O.K. He wasn’t. He had sustained a concussion, a serious one and it was going to be a very, very big deal. Scot Brantley ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Scot Brantley,  Tim Tebow,  Tampa Bay Buccaneers,  University of Florida,  Pittsburgh Steelers

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