Is “bigger, stronger, faster” still the mantra in baseball? The end of 2013 brought news of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) proposed ban on home plate collisions. Collisions involving a base runner bowling over a catcher to beat the ball to home plate have caused countless injuries over the years — to both catchers and runners. …

Hockey Violence, Head Injuries and Scrutiny for the NHL

March 20, 2011

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With or without fights, the checking in professional ice hockey means that violence and injury-producing impacts are inherent in the sport. The N.H.L.’s handling of hits to the skull have come under scrutiny after scientists found that Bob Probert, former brawling hockey player who died last year of a heart ailment, had the same degenerative…

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