Here is what I am reading today: athletes and concussions “The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is calling for any athlete who is suspected of having a concussion to be removed from play until the athlete is evaluated by a physician with training in the evaluation and management of sports Read more…
Today is a bit of a milestone for Mr. F and me–forty years ago, November 22, 1969, we went on our first date. And what did we do? We went to the USC-UCLA football game, of course. Little did the 17-year-old Mr. F know that this activity would be a Read more…
One of the major hobbies chez Freberg is watching college football, and the season got off to a glorious start for our multiple alma maters (UCLA–USC for Mr. F, UCLA for me, Army for Kristin, and Florida, USC, and Tennessee for Karen). I don’t remember another weekend in which all won Read more…
We are a football house chez Freberg, although our tastes run to college football rather than the “for pay” NFL. But you have to love the Super Bowl! This year, we don’t have a “favorite.” Family members who are avid Steeler fans are pushing us in that direction, but we Read more…
At the risk of sounding like a Super Bowl Scrooge (and I do love football and intend to enjoy the game), I was troubled by new data about the long-term effects of concussion. Comparisons of former athletes showed that those who had experience concussions in early adulthood experienced deficits in Read more…