Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico are comparing supercomputer simulations of blast waves on the brain with clinical studies of veterans suffering from mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) to help improve helmet designs. Paul Taylor and John Ludwigsen of...
We begin our roundup of key injuries in the NFL with — what else — the quarterback position.
Though the Chicago Bears' final injury report before Monday night's game against the San Francisco 49ers is not due until Saturday, head coach Lovie Smith has already ruled Jay Cutler out with a...
If Michael Vick of the Philadelphia Eagles is on your fantasy football team, you’ve likely been disappointed with is production. Now, you may have to go ahead and release him. Why? Michael Vick sustained a concussion on Sunday and it doesn’t sound like he’ll be able to quickly bounce back...
Ben Roethlisberger was enjoying the healthiest season of his career. However, that ended on Monday night. In the third quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs, the quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers suffered a shoulder injury and was forced out of action.
Before he left the game...
Sanford-Burnham researchers discovered that the protein appoptosin prompts neurons to commit suicide in several neurological conditions - giving them a new therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Dying neurons lead to cognitive impairment and memory loss in...
Week 9 of the 2012 regular season is nearly complete. Here's a look at the injury situations we'll be monitoring entering Week 10.
The Green Bay Packers are off this week, but saw three starters exit Sunday's 31-17 win over the Arizona Cardinals with injuries. Wide receiver Jordy Nelson...
Tony Romo suffered injury to insult late in the Dallas Cowboys loss against the still undefeated Atlanta Falcons. On the last play of the game, Romo was injury. Currently, Romo’s injury is being called a strained back.
The good news for Romo and the Cowboys is that the quarterback doesn’t...
Football is a game of attrition. Below are some of the injury situations that Shutdown Corner will be keeping a close eye on in Week 9:
Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill had logged every offensive snap entering Sunday's action, but suffered a left thigh bruise and a hyperextended left...
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blaine Gabbert (left shoulder) and running back Maurice Jones-Drew (left foot) were injured in Sunday's 26-23 overtime loss to the Oakland Raiders. Jones-Drew, a Bay Area native, was injured on just his second carry of the game and took a cart ride from the...
A new UK report finds there is a link between brain injury in childhood and crime in young people, and points to evidence that brain trauma can cause maturing brains to "misfire" and disrupt the development of self-restraint, social judgement and impulse control. It calls for more...
Moving forward in the competition can really get to your head. Dancing With the Stars: All Star Melissa Rycroft was sent to a Los Angeles hospital Sunday afternoon after suffering a head...
Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen left Saturday's game against Vanderbit with an injury and then took to Twitter to tell the nation that his career as a Tiger was over.
Lutzenkirchen posted heartfelt messages both explaining his injury and thanking fans — all SEC fans — for their...
No team came out of Sunday's action with more serious injuries than the Baltimore Ravens, who lost two key starters, possibly for the remainder of the 2012 season. First to go down was cornerback Lardarius Webb, who ESPN's Adam Schefter reports did suffer a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his...
Through the first quarter and a half of the Houston Texans-New York Jets game, Texans linebacker Brian Cushing was everywhere on the field. He had three tackles and two assists, and as usual, he was tough to stop.
There are times when opposing offenses use questionable tactics to stop such...
Robert Griffin III, the exciting rookie quarterback for the Washington Redskins, didn’t finish the game on Sunday after suffering a mild concussion. Although concussions are taken more serious these days, the Redskins are talking like Griffin should be able to suit up and play next week...
First off, thank you for your time. Well story is, about 6-7 years ago, I had torn my PCL ligament slightly in my left knee. It did not need any surgery and I ended up playing football years later even through college and also trained for boxing with no problems. A friend of mine said he was...
Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin exited Sunday's 24-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons with a concussion after taking a brutal (but 100 percent clean) hit from linebacker Sean Weatherspoon. Initially, the Redskins said that Griffin had been "shaken up" and was questionable to...
The news continues to be bad for Darrell Arthur of the Memphis Grizzlies. Last season, he missed the entire season after tearing his Achilles tendon in his right leg. Now with training camp around the corner, Arthur is out again. This time, he was a fractured left leg.
The Grizzlies expect...
CJ Spiller entered Week 3 as the NFL's leading rusher and fantasy's highest-scoring running back, but things took a bad turn on Sunday. That's Spiller pictured above, being carted to the Buffalo locker room. He suffered an ugly-looking shoulder injury in the first half, and he's been ruled out...
In the final minute of the first half at Miami, Reggie Bush suffered a left knee injury of unknown severity, dinged in a scrum following a four-yard gain. Bush was able to walk off the field without assistance, and the Dolphins called his return "questionable." However, Daniel Thomas and Lamar...