Concussion Inc.
The End of Football As We Know It
- Paperback
300 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2015
Summary
Inside the controversial and newsworthy issue of concussions in American football — Muchnick’s trademark no-holds-barred investigation reveals the corruption and scandals in real time Traumatic brain injury in football is not incidental, but an inevitable and central aspect of the sport. Starting in high school, through college, and into the NFL, young players face repeated head trauma, and those sustained injuries create lifelong cognitive and functional difficulties. Muchnick’s Concussion I…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770411388 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770411380 |
| Author: | Irvin Muchnick |
| Publisher: | ECW Press,Canada |
| Imprint: | ECW Press,Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2015 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 20mm |
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[Muchnick’s] arguments will resonate, not only with football aficionados but also with fans of hockey, boxing, and other contact sports.”
“[Muchnick’s] arguments will resonate, not only with football aficionados but also with fans of hockey, boxing, and other contact sports.” — Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Irvin Muchnick
Irvin Muchnick is the author of Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal and Chris & Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide and Pro Wrestling’s Cocktail of Death, and a co-author of Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror that Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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