Exclusive: Former NFL stars Anquan Boldin and Santonio Holmes are among those featured in 4th and Forever: Muck City – a docuseries for CuriosityStream, the factual streamer set up by Discovery founder John Hendricks.
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The digital platform, which has more than 13M subscribers, has ordered the eight-part series from Jupiter Entertainment, the Sky-owned producer of shows such as Investigation Discovery’s In Pursuit and Oxygen’s Snapped.
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- 4/20/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In an announcement today by his family’s attorney, Aaron Hernandez was added to the growing list of athletes who have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or Cte.
The degenerative brain disease is linked to repeated head trauma or concussions. Its symptoms depression, short-term memory loss, impulsive behavior and confusion — and these symptoms can begin to appear long after a player’s career. Evidence is mounting suggesting a link between playing football and the disease.
Cte can only be diagnosed after death, and in a recent study of the brains of 111 deceased NFL players, a Boston University researcher found...
The degenerative brain disease is linked to repeated head trauma or concussions. Its symptoms depression, short-term memory loss, impulsive behavior and confusion — and these symptoms can begin to appear long after a player’s career. Evidence is mounting suggesting a link between playing football and the disease.
Cte can only be diagnosed after death, and in a recent study of the brains of 111 deceased NFL players, a Boston University researcher found...
- 9/21/2017
- by Jason Duaine Hahn
- PEOPLE.com
While the new Will Smith film Concussion may lead some to question their support of the NFL, the forensic pathologist who first drew attention to the dangers of repeated head trauma said he wanted his discoveries to "advance football."
Concussion tells the true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu who stumbled upon an insidious brain disorder affecting football players that began in 2002 with an autopsy on former Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster.
"I had this hunger in me to use my knowledge to become a voice for the voiceless, to make a difference, just like Will Smith," Omalu said.
Smith said the script enlightened him about the dangerous effects of multiple concussions.
"When I met Bennet and went through the science, I was terrified as a parent," Smith said. "My son played football for four years and I had no idea this was an issue."
Omalu studied the brains of NFL...
Concussion tells the true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu who stumbled upon an insidious brain disorder affecting football players that began in 2002 with an autopsy on former Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster.
"I had this hunger in me to use my knowledge to become a voice for the voiceless, to make a difference, just like Will Smith," Omalu said.
Smith said the script enlightened him about the dangerous effects of multiple concussions.
"When I met Bennet and went through the science, I was terrified as a parent," Smith said. "My son played football for four years and I had no idea this was an issue."
Omalu studied the brains of NFL...
- 12/24/2015
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
We.ve been hearing about Will Smith.s football concussion drama for a while, and now we have our first look through the first Concussion trailer. The Suicide Squad actor delivers a dramatic performance as the NFL transforms into a evil conglomerate. Watch the footage below. It seems crazy to think that at some point in our history there were people who believed football players crashing their heads together repeatedly wouldn.t have any longterm effects, but that.s the true story Concussion is telling. Smith portrays Dr. Bennet Omalu, who discovers a rare brain disease incited by repeated head injuries. National Football League safeties Dave Duerson (Thor: The Dark World.s Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and Andre Waters (Hot Pursuit.s Richard T. Jones) were two of the players he studied, and Omalu determined they were suffering from the neurodegenerative disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy. When Omalu first brings this...
- 8/31/2015
- cinemablend.com
The first trailer for Concussion is out, and it holds little back. The sports drama tells the controversial story of the doctors who proved the link between former NFL players affected by major neurological problems due to head injuries suffered during their careers and the NFL's denials of any such connection. Concussion follows the story of Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) who — after studying the brains of ex-pros such as Dave Duerson (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and Andre Waters (Richard T. Jones) — discovers that they were suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (Cte), a neuro-degenerative disease caused by repeated trauma to the head.
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- 8/31/2015
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Richard T. Jones has been cast as former NFL star Andre Waters in Sony's untitled football concussion movie, which is being produced by Ridley Scott. Additionally, Jones has booked a recurring role on Netflix's original series “Narcos,” TheWrap has learned. Will Smith stars as Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (Cte) in a professional football player and brought awareness to the public. As he blows the whistle on player injuries, Omalu's quest humanizes the price paid by professional athletes in impact sports — and the political, cultural and corporate interests that...
- 10/22/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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