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Damar Hamlin football injury: Schools and athletic programs say prepared for emergencies

Damar Hamlin football injury: Schools and athletic programs say prepared for emergencies

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Schools and sports organizations in the Montclair area say they are ready if a serious injury occurs on the field or on the playing field — like what happened to Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. Hamlin, 24, went into cardiac arrest after collapsing during a Jan. 2 game with the Cincinnati Bengals. He was discharged …

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Football is a precious space where people express their emotions and build relationships | Jason Stockwood

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One of the surprising and moving elements of running a football club is how often we hear of supporters wanting to recognize and celebrate a loved one who is no longer with us. Ahead of our first game of 2023, against Stockport County, we had a minute of celebration accompanied by a lone piper as …

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Rockwall-Heath football players hospitalized, coach furloughed after extreme training

Rockwall-Heath football players hospitalized, coach furloughed after extreme training

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Rockwall-Heath head football coach John Harrell has been placed on administrative leave after several players were hospitalized following intense training last week that required athletes to do nearly 400 push-ups . A Heath parent, who did not want to be identified for fear of reprisal, said his son was hospitalized and diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a …

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The relentless list of football matches harms the physical and mental health of the players | Maheta Molango

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For football fans, as the song goes, it’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. A peculiarity of the English game is the rapid succession of festive get-togethers in front of a large Christmas crowd. Going to a game is a long-standing and central part of many family traditions. But after the …

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The relentless list of football matches harms the physical and mental health of the players | Maheta Molango

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For football fans, as the song goes, it’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. A peculiarity of the English game is the rapid succession of festive get-togethers in front of a large Christmas crowd. Going to a game is a long-standing and central part of many family traditions. But after the …

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Dr. Joseph S. Torg, a sports medicine pioneer who died Dec. 15, at Temple University in 2019.

Dr. Joseph S. Torg, sports medicine pioneer whose work made football safer, died at 88

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Dr. Joseph S. Torg, 88, of Wayne, a sports medicine pioneer who served as a team physician for several Philadelphia teams and advanced athlete safety, died Thursday, Dec. 15 at his home in consequences of a chronic illness. Dr Torg has been a team doctor for the Flyers, Sixers and Eagles at different times and …

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Can Virtual Reality Help Injury Recovery, Mental Health? How Tulane Football Benefited

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Several times in any given week this season, Tulane wide receiver Phat Watts has entered the team’s practice area to tend to a torn ACL he suffered in Game 2 in September. Various movements and stretches are part of the typical recovery process. But when Watts gets on the stationary bike, he doesn’t put on …

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Former WSU football coach Mike Leach dies at 61

Former WSU football coach Mike Leach dies at 61

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Former Washington State University football coach Mike Leach died Monday of complications from heart disease, Mississippi State University officials said in a statement Tuesday. He was 61 years old. In a statement released by the university, Leach’s family remembers him as “a generous and caring husband, father and grandfather.” “He was able to participate in …

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“I lost my best friend and started a football club to help other men”

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Scottish men are used to being stereotyped. Not all of them drink Irn Bru while kilted, but one hypothesis that might ring true is that bravado can keep them from talking about their emotions. Fin Anderson is trying to change that. The 27-year-old co-founded Edinburgh-based amateur football club Mental Mechanics FC after close friend Charlie …

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The Tinley Park District has ambitious plans for the mental health center grounds, including the domed football pitch, as it competes with the village

The Tinley Park District has ambitious plans for the mental health center grounds, including the domed football pitch, as it competes with the village

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Multiple multi-purpose sports pitches, a domed regulation-sized football pitch and a stadium with a running track are among the ideas the Tinley Park District is proposing as it considers buying and redeveloping a state-owned property. Tinley Park officials are also keen to acquire. The Park District released draft plans on Wednesday for the 280-acre site, …

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