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High School Football and Head Injuries: An Emerging Epidemic?
ampsportsduo.blogspot.com - 11/3/2008
High School Football and Head Injuries: An Emerging Epidemic?
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A disturbing trend in high school has resulted in multiple football players collapsing, requiring brain surgery, and even multiple deaths. The importance of understanding the effects of concussions becomes clearer with each passing Friday.

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The Big Lead — ... Texas Motor Speedway. (Forth Worth Star-Telegram via Fang’s Bites) Save your BCS bile for later, but this Pete Carroll quote was funny after the Trojans fell in the rankings: “The more we win the worse we get.” (LA Times) The Titans have a 2.9 percent chance of finishing the season unbeaten; chances are better the Lions will go winless. (VegasWatch) Why are there so many football head injuries in high school football? (Amphibious Sports Duo)

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