Tag: NFL
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APRIL 20, 2021 | for CONCUSSIONS
Dr. Kevin Crutchfield Addresses Cervical Strain (Neck Injury)
This week's spotlight from the CrashCourse Concussion Story Wall is on leading medical expert, Dr. Kevin Crutchfield. In his video, Dr. Crutchfield provides his expertise to answer questions such as: What is Cervical Strain? What does cervical strain look like in different demographics? What are the symptoms associated with a cervical injury? How are cervical strain symptoms best...
SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Friends On and Off the Field: Jim Plunkett and Ronnie Lott
On the field, Stanford and USC have a great rivalry. While USC took most of the games in the second half of the 20th century, since 2000 Stanford has made a wild comeback and leads USC 11 wins to 10. Both teams fought in the 2017 Pac-12 Championship game in Santa Clara, where USC took...
MAY 17, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Super Bowl Champion and Entrepreneur Matt Birk joins Advisory Board for CrashCourse Initiative
Photo Credit: www.executivespeakers.com After a decorated career as an American pro-football player, Matt Birk has transitioned successfully from the NFL to entrepreneurship and philanthropy. We are so grateful that he is now also providing his expertise as a TeachAids advisor. Birk started playing football in high school and continued with college football at Harvard. When he was...
MARCH 21, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Four-Time Super Bowl Champion and Pac-12 Hall of Honor Inductee, Ronnie Lott, joins CrashCourse Advisory Committee
Former NFL Player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2000), and four-time Super Bowl Champion, Ronnie Lott joins TeachAids CrashCourse Advisory Committee. In addition to being one of the most accomplished football safeties of all time, he supports the importance of global health education. Lott was a first-round pick in the 1981 NFL Draft for the...
MARCH 1, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Football Great Coby Fleener Tackles Concussion Issues as TeachAids Advisor
Photo Credit: Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports NFL tight end Coby Fleener has no shortage of impressive achievements, all starting from his collegiate career at Stanford. Commended by the university as “one of the most productive tight ends in school history”, Fleener scored a record eighteen career touchdowns, seventeen of which were in his last two seasons,...
