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Head Games Football's Concussion Crisis

Christopher Nowinski

This is the book that started the concussion revolution. In 2003, WWE wrestler Chris Nowinski took a kick to the head that knocked him out of professional wrestling and sent him on a journey that changed the way contact sports are played. Nowinski, a former Harvard football player, suddenly found hi...

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Dr. Chris Nowinski wrote this book in 2006 about football's concussion crisis; it was later adapted into a documentary.

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He's a doctor of neuroscience and former WWE pro wrestler who also went by Chris Harvard, where he played college football. He retired from wrestling due to head injuries, which led him to study the s...

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Dr. Chris Nowinski wrote this book in 2006 about football's concussion crisis; it was later adapted into a documentary.

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He's a doctor of neuroscience and former WWE pro wrestler who also went by Chris Harvard, where he played college football. He retired from wrestling due to head injuries, which led him to study the subject, start the Concussion Legacy Foundation, and write the book Head Games, Football's Concussion Crisis in 2006.

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