Penn State defends medical changes after report
Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team ...

Boston victims face huge bills; donations pour in
Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost of an amputee's rehab? ...
NFL group, company teaming up for brain drug test
A potential treatment for traumatic brain injuries may be tested in retired professional football players, who are the focus of concern over blows to ...

Boston nurses tell of bloody marathon aftermath
The screams and cries of bloody marathon bombing victims still haunt the nurses who treated them one week ago. They did their jobs as they were ...

Doctor: Dead bomb suspect had wounds 'head to toe'
A doctor involved in treating the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died in a gunbattle with police says he had injuries head to toe and all limbs ...

Forrest Gregg fighting Parkinson's, not the NFL
Hall of Famer Forrest Gregg says that while he and his neurologist blame concussions for his Parkinson's disease, he's not going to sue the NFL like ...
Report: Baseball pays for clinic documents
Major League Baseball paid a former employee of a Florida anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs for documents, The New York Times ...

US judge in Philly weighs NFL concussion suits
Senior U.S. District Judge Anita Brody has a billion-dollar problem on her hands. Brody, of Philadelphia, heard arguments Tuesday on whether lawsuits ...
Seau lawsuits merged with Pa. NFL concussion case
Two wrongful-death lawsuits over the suicide of Pro Bowler Junior Seau have been consolidated with NFL concussion litigation in Philadelphia. A key ...
MLB sues Fla. clinic over banned player drugs
Major League Baseball on Friday sued a now-shuttered South Florida clinic and its operators, accusing them of scheming to provide banned ...

Changes in rules, strategy help to clean up NHL
The fear is gone. The doubt too for that matter. Ditto the hesitation. A year into his comeback from the concussion-like symptoms that nearly derailed ...

Sober Steinberg ready to reboot super agent career
It's been three years since Leigh Steinberg had his last drink of vodka, the personal demon that sent his personal and professional lives crashing out ...
Docs say keep trained eye on possible concussions
When athletes are suspected of having a concussion, they should be taken out of action immediately, new guidelines from a major medical group say.

Lattimore's goal is to play this fall in NFL
Marcus Lattimore is confident he'll be ready to play NFL football this fall. The former South Carolina star tailback has spent the past two months in ...
Youth group: Students need better sports safety
Student athletes need access to health care professionals, better-trained coaches and up-to-date equipment, a coalition of groups recommended ...
Tennis elbow? Steroid shots not best long-term fix
Commonly used steroid shots may worsen tennis elbow in the long run and increase chances that the painful condition will reappear, a small study found
NFL expects to have neurologists at games in 2013
NFL general counsel Jeff Pash says he expects independent neurological consultants to be on sidelines during games next season to help diagnose and ...
NCAA hopes sports science center helps with safety
The NCAA says it is committed to ensuring the safety of all college athletes and plans to open a national sports science institute to make playing ...

Seau's family sues NFL over brain injuries
Add Junior Seau's family to the thousands of people who are suing the NFL over the long-term damage caused by concussions. Seau's ex-wife and four ...

Goodell has no issue in handing of RG3's injury
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he doesn't have a problem with the way the Washington Redskins medical staff handled Robert Griffin III's knee ...

Researchers: NFL's Seau had brain disease
When he ended his life last year by shooting himself in the chest, Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease often linked with repeated blows to ...

NFL star Junior Seau suffered from brain disease
Junior Seau, one of the NFL's best and fiercest players for two decades, suffered from a degenerative brain disease often associated with repeated ...

Doctor optimistic after Redskins' RG3 knee surgery
If Adrian Peterson can do it, maybe Robert Griffin III can, too. Peterson set an incredible standard this season for NFL players returning from major ...

Vikings still wowed by Peterson's rapid recovery
Most days, Adrian Peterson went through rehab drills looking as if he were never injured. No one could've foreseen the rapid recovery Peterson has ...