Does Brain Injury Explain the Behavior of Rice and Peterson?
Could brain injury be behind the violent behavior of Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson? Well, these guys play a tough game – kill or be killed every Sunday for 16 weeks plus playoffs. Who knows how many blows those brains have sustained inside those helmets? The question certainly deserves raising. How much impact are those […]
When Do You Yank Your RGIII?
If the Redskins had won, we probably would not be having this conversation. But they didn’t, so we are. Why keep RGIII in? Yes, he argued that he deserved to play. He could play through the pain. He, a 22 year old rookie phenom, convinced his veteran coach to keep him in the game. Mike Shanahan […]
Brain Injury and Mental Health, A Time to Heal
What a national conversation we’re having, around an issue very close to home: illness of the mental variety. We’re afraid of it, because we can’t see it, can’t touch it, can’t manipulate it to see where it hurts like we can for the other illnesses we’re used to. We are a nation of fixers. If […]
Are Fitness and Fun Important to Your Kid?
All kids will be healthy if Fit2Finish has its way and they’ll have fun doing it. It shouldn’t be a chore or a ‘work’out. We believe in fitness that’s fun for every body, even for elite athletes with performance on their minds. This fall F2F has been on the field with kids from the Vienna […]