Science and medicine have caught up to our favorite pastimes. What they’ve found is unsettling.The facts about what happens to the human brain when it smashes against the front of the skull repeatedly are all out there for the world to examine. And it’s worse than we thought.
In fact, it’s really, really bad, and we need to rush now to figure out how we can stop millions more brains from being permanently dismantled by the highest pedigree in popular sports. Are we really ready to accept the facts? Where do we even begin to address concussions and brain disease in the realm of modern athletics, particularly hockey?