Pacers not talking about changes, Hill's status

The Indiana Pacers head into Game 6 against the New York Knicks in unfamiliar territory. Point guard George Hill is out with a concussion, NBA rules requiring him to pass a concussion test before he can play again. The Pacers have no idea whether that will come in time for ...

• Updated: 6:52 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013

Ohio bill would fix errors in sports safety law

State lawmakers moved Wednesday to correct a new state law that inadvertently allows coaches and referees in youth sports leagues to be criminally prosecuted for violating rules regarding players' head injuries. The House voted unanimously Wednesday to fix the error in the law. The Senate passed an earlier version of ...

• Updated: 4:01 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Boogaard family sues NHL for son's death

Joanne Boogaard watched her son Derek duke it out on the ice with other NHL tough guys for six seasons as one of the most feared enforcers in the game, a 6-foot-7 brawler who was not there to skate or score, but to defend his teammates when it was called ...

• Updated: 6:08 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2013

Hit by liner, Happ says 'I feel really fortunate'

J.A. Happ feels fortunate. Less than 24 hours after he was hit on the head by a line drive and carted off the field, the Toronto Blue Jays pitcher was back at Tropicana Field on Wednesday. The 30-year-old said he had a skull fracture behind his left ear that doctors ...

• Updated: 7:53 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Toronto's Happ released from hospital

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ was released Wednesday from a Florida hospital, just a day after he was hit on the head by a line drive, and hopes for a quick return to the mound. Bayfront Medical Center said in a statement that Happ was discharged after being upgraded ...

• Updated: 5:56 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Ohio law addresses head injuries in youth sports

An Ohio law taking effect Friday requires coaches, volunteers and officials in youth sports organizations to have players who show concussion-like symptoms sit out games or practices until they're checked and cleared by a doctor or licensed health care provider. The law also requires that coaches know more about concussions ...

• Updated: 3:02 a.m. Friday, April 26, 2013

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 the head. Neuralstem, Inc., of Rockville, Md., said Wednesday it is working with the National Football League Alumni Association to study the feasibility of such a ...

• Updated: 9:51 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Wayne’s Peterson on the right track

Anything that Lovell Peterson does on the football field doesn’t surprise his teammates and coaches at Wayne High School. But what he did earlier this year sure did. “At first, I felt like I didn’t want to disappoint my family,” said the highly recruited 6-foot-4, 290-pound four-year starter. “But it ...

• 10:23 p.m. Thursday, April 18, 2013

Neighbor prays, writes letters for neighbor boy with cancer

By Gracie Bonds StaplesThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionIt looked like time might be running out for Chip Madren.One moment he was a normal 13-year-old, and the next, doctors were telling his parents a deadly cancer was spreading in his brain.Lea and Ken Madren turned to their faith that day in 2010. They ...

• 12:00 a.m. Friday, March 22, 2013

Man found beaten, lying in street

A 21-year-old suffered a concussion and other injuries to his head after he was reportedly attacked by two men, one wielding a tire iron.Several witnesses told police that they saw two men beating up the victim in the middle of the 200 block of Hamilton Avenue just before 8 p.m. ...

• 3:20 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013

Bellbrook rebounds from injuries to many

As a record-setting wide receiver at Bellbrook High School and Wilmington College, Jason Tincher learned to evade tacklers and excuses. Injuries and expectations are different.All teams must overcome them; some more than others. And then there’s Bellbrook.“You can’t control it and we haven’t focused on it,” said Tincher, now the ...

• 1:41 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013

Boscarino gets 7 years in fight involving police

A mixed martial arts fighter accused of starting a fight that sent three Dayton police officers to a hospital — ending the career of one of them — was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison. This is the second time Nikolaos R. Boscarino, 29, of Bellbrook, has been convicted ...

• 12:12 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012

Classic games heading to Welcome Stadium

The Ohio High School Football Coaches Association has stepped up in response to issues that have confronted their sport in the past year.Among the items addressed at their recent year-end meeting was expanding the Ohio North-South Classic to two games that will be held on Saturday, April 27, at Welcome ...

• 5:29 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2012

Mixed martial arts fighter convicted of assault

A mixed martial arts fighter accused of starting a fight that sent three Dayton police officers to a hospital was convicted Friday of felonious assault. Nikolaos R. Boscarino, 29, of Bellbrook, was taken into custody after Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Steven Dankof revoked his bond. Dankof set sentencing for ...

• Updated: 6:38 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2012

Cardinals’ manager writes book looking back at miracle championship

“One Last Strike - Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season” By Tony La Russa with Rick Hummel (Morrow, 420 pages, $27.99) One year ago the Saint Louis Cardinals were close to winning another World Series championship. That was unexpected. In August ...

• Updated: 6:57 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012

Graco recalls classic wood highchairs

Children’s product maker Graco is recalling its Classic Wood Highchairs due to a potential fall hazard.The U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission and Health Canada have announced the voluntary recall following nearly 60 reports of the high chairs’ seats loosening or detaching from the base. There have been nine reports ...

• 8:35 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012

Preble wideout suffers head injury; Triad player hurt

A freshman wideout for Preble Shawnee’s varsity football team was taken to a hospital by CareFlight after he suffered a helmet-to-helmet hit during Friday night’s game against Dixie.Another player — also a freshman — was injured during a game at Triad.The Preble-Shawnee player was taken to Children’s Medical Center of ...

• Updated: 1:27 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012

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Dr. Jill Vosler will be answering your questions about head injuries and sport safety

Fear of brain damage sidelining young athletes

Tyler Layer doesn’t remember the hit that took him out of football for good last August or the two weeks that followed. The hit knocked him out for a minute or two and caused him to miss the season. When he suffered a second concussion after a fall at home ...

• 5:08 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012
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