Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…
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1:43:50In this episode of Simply Amazin', Andrew Claudio of Gotham Sports Network and Tim Ryder of Metsmerized Online wrap up the 2019 season with an very special award show. Here are the categories to look forward to:- Rookie Of the Year (The player that had the best first season in a Mets uniform in 2019. Doesn’t necessarily have to be an actual rookie)…
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In this episode of Simply Amazin', Andrew Claudio and Brett Herskowitz of GothamSN mourn the final nail being driven into the Mets playoffs chances. They also discuss whether this season has been a positive or a negative, Jacob deGrom's career compared to other Hall-of-Famers, the idea of trading Michael Conforto and who else should have their numb…
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