Jessica Coenen erhält die Hochschulinterne Forschungsförderung der Deutschen Sporthochschule Köln (DSHS) für ihr Projekt „Development, implementation and application of a sport related concussion protocol for diagnosis, monitoring, and return to play strategies in youth contact sport“.

The question of whether young children should use their heads on the soccer field has been a contentious one in recent years. In 2015, U.S. Youth Soccer, the organization that oversees most of the country’s leagues for children and teenagers, announced a ban on heading in games and practices by participants younger than 11, ........ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/well/heading-soccer-ball-children-kids-concussion-brain.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Mildred Whittier still has not made it to the inside of a courtroom. It has been four years since she filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on behalf of her trailblazing brother, who battles dementia almost five decades after he became the first black football letterman in Texas Longhorns history. https://www.expressnews.com/sports/columnists/mike_finger/article/As-first-CTE-trial-begins-former-players-finally-12962995.php

Liverpool's Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid was defined by many factors, but none more so than the two errors by goalkeeper Loris Karius. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44367148

WASHINGTON — Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik appeared stunned after he was checked hard by Vegas Golden Knights forward James Neal in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2018/06/02/stanley-cup-2018-brooks-orpik-capitals-james-neal-head-hit/667034002/