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The spotlight on sports is brighter than ever, and the focus isn't on scores. Each book in the Issues in Sports series takes a critical look at a challenging issue within the sport world, providing history and context while also examining key factor in each issue and how it is being addressed.

"Examines how brain injuries in football affect individuals and society, investigates how people are working to avoid such serious injuries in sports, and analyzes the controversies and conflicting viewpoints surrounding the issue." --

"After five major concussions, NFL tight-end Ben Utecht of the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals is losing his memories. This is his powerful and emotional love letter to his wife and daughters--whom he someday may not recognize--and an inspiring message for all to live every moment fully. Emotionally powerful, inspiring, and uplifting, Ben's story will captivate and encourage you to make the most of every day and treasure all of your memories"--Provided...

From America's preeminent expert on the head trauma crisis in sports, a timely, provocative, essential guide to concussions in youth sports, what they are, how to treat them, and how to protect our young athletes.

"The story of a young man from small-town Iowa who decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against the traumatic brain injuries (CTE) he had sustained as a no-holds-barred high school football player, and at the same time a larger story about the hot-button issues that football raises about masculinity and violence, and about what values we want to instill in our kids"--

"Wyatt has wanted nothing more than to play football on Grayport's championship-winning team. But not for the fame, glory, or girls. It's his last chance to build a relationship with his older brother Brett, the star quarterback, before he leaves for college. Now that their team has gained national attention, a big win could be just what the small town needs in order to rebound from a fishing season that has been devastated by Red Tide. When Brett...

"Concussions are serious and often misunderstood injuries. This important book explores concussions from every angle, including how they happen and what to do should a reader suffer one while on the field. Unlike more physically apparent injuries, concussions are diagnosed through symptoms. Knowing what concussions do to the brain and how they affect people's actions is important to staying healthy when playing high-impact sports. Readers will learn...

"Having lost much of his memory from a traumatic brain injury sustained in Iraq, army veteran Matthew Rose is called back to Montana after his father's death to settle his affairs, and hopefully to settle the past as well. It's not only a blank to him, but a mystery. Why as a teen did he suddenly become sullen and vacant, abandoning the activities and people that had meant most to him? How did he, the son of hippy activists, wind up enlisting in the...