Articles Written by:    ALAN SCHWARZ     

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

Bats: Live Analysis: Red Sox at Angels

Alan Schwarz will be providing updates on Game 1 of the Red Sox-Angels division series game in Anaheim, Calif. You can also read the live scoreboard. Update | 11:20 p.m. Both managers, Mike Scioscia and Terry Francona, emphasized in their pregame news ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Bobby Abreu,  Torii Hunter,  Chone Figgins,  Mike Scioscia,  Erick Aybar

Cardinals’ Game 2 Starter Apprenticed as ’06 Postseason Closer

LOS ANGELES Don’t tell anyone in Colorado, where snow might fall on the Rockies and Phillies this weekend, but for all the talk of October baseball being a crucible, it’s more of a kiln. From Kirk Gibson limping to Joe Carter whooping to Bill Buckner ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: New York Mets,  Los Angeles Dodgers,  Cy Young,  Bob Welch,  Bill Buckner

Congress to Hold Hearing on N.F.L. Head Injuries

As debate over football’s long-term effects on players’ cognitive function continues among doctors and the National Football League, the discussion will soon move to Congress. Discuss the Giants, Jets, fantasy and everything else N.F.L on the Timess ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  2 Oct 2009
Related Topics: John Conyers,  NFL,  New York Giants,  New York Jets,  Sean Morey

Players Face Injury Risk Before N.F.L.

Discuss the Giants, Jets, fantasy and everything else N.F.L on the Timess pro football blog. The study did not directly address two more immediate and societal concerns: Do today’s N.F.L. players face similar or worse long-term dangers, and to what ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: New York Giants,  New York Jets,  Pittsburgh Steelers,  Harvard University,  Tim Tebow

Dementia Debate Could Intensify

For the past decade, Brent Boyd, a former N.F.L. lineman who began experiencing memory loss and dementia-related symptoms in his 40s, has received relatively low payments from the National Football League’s disability plan because the plan-appointed ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, International Herald Tribune,  30 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Brent Boyd,  Noggin,  NFL,  New York Giants,  New York Jets

Study Indicates Higher Rate of Dementia in Former N.F.L. Players

A study commissioned by the National Football League reports that Alzheimer’s disease or similar memory-related diseases appear to have been diagnosed in the league’s former players vastly more often than in the national population including a rate of 1 ...

From ALAN SCHWARZ, The New York Times,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Noggin,  NFL,  New York Giants,  New York Jets,  Tim Tebow