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Opinion | Tua, it’s time to hang up the cleats

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • September 24, 2024

On Sept. 12, Dolphins fans watched their franchise quarterback Tua Tagovailoa take another wince-inducing hit, and the gasps that followed sucked all the air out of the stadium. I too gasped when I saw the unfortunately familiar scene — Tagovailoa on the ground.

Katie Rerko: Get your head in the game

By Alex Lehmbeck • April 16, 2020

When she isn’t protecting the net from blistering slapshots, Katie Rerko protects her peers by educating them on an injury that has damaged careers and lives outside of the rink.

NFL: heighten safety or hamper the game

By Will Schulman | Columnist • January 31, 2018

Getting into formation with teammates, you stare across the field at the quarterback's eyes and hear him shout “Green 18” and “54’s the mike,” signaling players to move around the field. A few...

Burfict problematic, not the problem in NFL’s roughness epidemic

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor • January 11, 2016

Vontaze Burfict and Adam “Pacman” Jones signed, sealed and delivered a playoff victory to the Pittsburgh Steelers Saturday. Thanks to the two Cincinnati Bengals’ defenders’ personal foul calls...

Jumbled ‘Concussion’ tackles too many subjects

By Tarun Sathish / Staff Writer • December 31, 2015

If anything, “Concussion” teaches us not to lead with the head. “Concussion” is the story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist at the Allegheny County Coroner's Office from Nigeria, who...