If you are not familiar with CTE then check out the 2015 movie “Concussion” starring Will Smith. A recent study in the medical journal JAMA revealed that Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, was found in 99% of deceased NFL players’ brains that were donated to scientific research. CTE can only be diagnosed after someone is dead […]
Former NFL linebacker Sapp says he will donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation upon his death because “I wanted this game to be better when I left than when I got into it.” Sapp talks about how he has to use reminders for daily tasks because he simply can not remember them. […]
U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez recently joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss returning trade skill training and technical education back to our nation’s schools. Sec. Perez explained in the not-so-distant past, “We as a nation devalued over a series of decades … devalued career technical education, we called it shop.” “Today’s CTE is so different and we have […]
Roland Martin and NewsOne Now were on hand for the New York premiere of the movie Concussion, starring Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Prema Mutiso, Omalu’s wife. From Sony Pictures: Will Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, […]
