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Concussion is a 2015 American biographical sports drama film written and directed by Peter Landesman, based on the exposé "Game Brain" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, published in 2009 by GQ magazine. [6]
The films was also noted in iTunes Best of 2012 and Rotten Tomatoes Top Movies of 2012. [3] Roger Ebert gave the film three stars noting that "the documentary by Steve James paints a devastating picture of the long-term consequences of head injuries among pro NFL players." [4] Ebert also called Head Games one of the year's "best documentaries."
Gleason is an American documentary film which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.It covers five years in the life of the former New Orleans Saints football defensive back Steve Gleason, who has Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a rare incurable neurodegenerative condition associated with the former New York Yankees baseball star Lou Gehrig ...
The first trailer for Concussion, the sports drama that shines a spotlight on the controversial issue of head traumas suffered by former NFL players, is out.
A group of families - including relatives of the late 1966 World Cup winner Nobby Stiles - are taking legal action against football authorities over what they say are brain injuries caused by ...
Share your questions about football and head injuries and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta may answer in an upcoming video. (RobMattingley/E+/Getty Images)
True story starring Dwayne Johnson as a man who creates a football team at Camp Kilpatrick juvenile detention center to compete against local high schools. The Comebacks: 2007 Comedy Spoof of sports movies, featuring football coach "Lambeau Fields." The Game Plan: 2007 Comedy Pro quarterback (Dwayne Johnson) discovers that he has a daughter ...
Because American football is a full-contact sport, head injuries are relatively common. According to the San Francisco Spine Institute at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, California, up to 1.5 million young men participate in football annually, and there are an estimated 1.2 million football-related injuries per year.