#concussions

#concussions

On Wednesday, the Miami Dolphins officially ruled out starting QB Tua Tagovailoa with a concussion.They face the Patriots in week 17.This is a significant development for a couple of reasons.The Dolphins are now set to start veteran Teddy Bridgewater against the New England Patriots.Tua Tagovailoa was placed in the concussion protocol earlier in the week and has now been ruled out with that head injury.

Thankfully, the Miami Dolphins decided to pick up the fifth-year option on Tua Tagovailoa.While there was some debate about what the Miami Dolphins wanted to do, they made the right call on Monday by extending starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa his fifth-year option.Miami used the No. 5 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft on the former Alabama star.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is planning to learn some judo this NFL offseason.As part of his NFL offseason regiment, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will learn judo.By the end of the summer, Tagovailoa will know judo about as well as Thomas Anderson knew kung fu.The Dolphins star quarterback is going to learn some judo because he believes it will help him learn how to fall better so he can avoid more head injuries.

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa doesn't think the NFL is responsible for his concussion issues, blaming his head injuries on bad luck more than anything else.The NFL has faced a landslide of criticism over their handling of concussions over the years.That mass of disapproval only grew after Tua Tagovailoa's 2022 concussion saga.

MIAMI GARDENS - It's a common opinion that's stated outside of Miami Dolphins facilities, by fans and NFL analysts on national television filling the offseason months with content and narratives.But rarely do you hear it from within the team.Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, speaking after the team's final practice of mandatory minicamp Thursday, said, "We're only going to go as far as our quarterback is going to take us."

NEW YORK - Jake Burger has experienced the highs of being a first-round draft pick by the White Sox, the lows of awful Achilles and heel injuries and even lower lows of bouts with depression.He also knows what it's like to come back physically after wondering if he'd ever play again.He has found the other, much better side of mental health.

MIAMI GARDENS - Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's new camera on his helmet for organized team activities has caught observers' attention, but coach Mike McDaniel said it's nothing special."That's a tool that has been around in the league in different avenues, in different organizations," he said.

For years now, it seems both pro and college football have been tinkering with a variety of rules in order to ostensibly "make the game safer."I put that phrase in quotes because when it comes to things like adding a 17th regular season game, or shortening the recovery timeframe of players by flexing Thursday games, the league seems utterly unconcerned about player safety.

England prop Mako Vunipola believes this autumn's mini World Cup' will lay the foundations for the real thing next year.Eddie Jones views November's fixtures against Argentina, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa as a dry run for his team's title bid at France 2023, during which they will face the Pumas and Brave Blossoms in the group stage.

The 5 o'clock club is published from time to time during the season, and aims to provide a forum for reader-driven discussion at a time of day when there isn't much being published.Feel free to introduce topics that interest you in the comments below.NFL owners changed the rules on kickoffs at the Spring meeting this week
The AP explains the new rule voted on by NFL owners this week that changes the way kickoffs work in the NFL.

The NFL owners are just making up rules on the fly as they go without any repercussions at all.At some point, we need to ask ourselves if the NFL owners actually think the product they are putting forth is a good one...This is the most wonderful time of the year where the 31 owners, plus whatever we want to define the Green Bay Packers as, decide what rules are going to be approved by the Competition Committee and whatnot.

If Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa strengthens his neck muscles, keeps his chin close to his chest when he falls, and learns to land on his shoulder and roll instead of landing on his back, it'll go a long way toward avoiding concussions.That's not me talking, that's what Ailton Barbosa thinks.Barbosa is a third-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and instructor at American Top Team/Coconut Creek, one of the nation's best MMA teams.

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Note: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links, Schneps Media may earn a commission.New York Islanders head coach Lane Lambert disclosed prior to the homestand finale against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night that forwards Cal Clutterbuck and Kyle Palmieri, along with goaltender Semyon Varlamov, will travel with the team for an upcoming four-game western swing beginning on New Year's Day in Seattle against the Kraken.

The Jets managed three points in last Sunday's loss to the Patriots, so things have already gone a lot better for them against the Bears.Wide receiver Garrett Wilson caught a pair of touchdown passes from quarterback Mike White and Greg Zuerlein 's 57-yard field goal just before the half pushed the Jets' lead to 17-10 at the break.

Editor's Note: Before beginning any new exercise program, consult your doctor.Stop immediately if you experience pain.When the temperature drops and snow begins to fall, many people can't wait to hit the slopes or ice rink.Winter fun is on their minds, not injury.Yet if you don't thoughtfully prepare for your favored activity, it's easy to have a mishap.

Celtics Boston trades two second-round picks and Justin Jackson to Oklahoma City.While rumors circled about the Celtics trading for Jakob Poeltl or reuniting with Kelly Olynyk, in the end the center they nabbed at the NBA trade deadline was Mike Muscala.Boston sent Oklahoma City two second-round picks and Justin Jackson in exchange for the 31-year-old big man.

If your parents were hip to nice new Japanese cars in the '80s, you may remember that Acura is a spin-off of Honda, a mid-'80s attempt to push the more proletarian carmaker into the luxury space.It worked, especially with the three-row MDX crossover, which became a go-to family hauler for generations.

A community speed skating club in Toronto is concerned their home rink may be on the verge of getting taken over by the Toronto Maple Leafs.Ken George, the president of the Toronto Speed Skating Club, says the club has been warned by the Ford Performance Centre about plans to convert the Olympic-size ice surface they currently use into the size of a NHL hockey rink to accommodate the Leafs.

To be Black in the U.S. is to hope in the face of a continuum of social, political, economic and psychological "death sentences."As Black people, many of us have learned to hope against hope.It is hard because it is such a fragile thing - to hope that we might be shown grace.Despite what I have come to know about the anti-Black hydraulics of the criminal legal system, and the ontological criminalization and profoundly problematic ungrievability of Black male bodies, I had hoped that perhaps, just perhaps, 37-year-old Kevin Johnson - the Black man scheduled to be executed this week in Missouri - would be allowed to live.

At the beginning of November, I wrote about six former Maple Leafs and how they have been performing with the new teams that they either signed with in the off-season or in Petr Mrazek's case, got traded to in the off-season.From guys like Jack Campbell with the Oilers to Colin Blackwell with the Blackhawks, I went over all six players, how they played in the month of November, as well as their season totals through the season's first two months.

BAKHMUT, Ukraine  For almost an hour, the stream of Ukrainian casualties in the eastern city of Bakhmut seemed unending: Ambulances, an armored personnel carrier and private vehicles all screamed to a halt, one after another, and disgorged the wounded in front of the city's only military hospital.A soldier propped up by his comrades, his face a mass of mangled flesh, walked in the main gate.