Concussion myths and facts
By Dave Reardon on March 6, 2013Thanks to Dr. Don Brady for providing this. And here’s the story on concussions I did in 2010.
Star-Advertiser special projects reporter Dave Reardon discusses any and all athletics issues, with a special focus on Hawaii’s athletes and teams.
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Dave Reardon is a sports projects reporter for the Star-Advertiser. The Honolulu native and alumnus of Pearl City High, Northwestern University and the University of Hawaii started as a copyboy and prep football stringer at the Star-Bulletin in 1981 and has covered the island sports scene uninterrupted since, except for college and two years at the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun. Dave has also launched a side career in teaching. Follow him on Twitter @dave_reardon
Thanks to Dr. Don Brady for providing this. And here’s the story on concussions I did in 2010.
Mark Rodrigues, who started in Chaminade’s monumental upset over Virginia in 1982, has been leading an effort to get the Silverswords into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for several years, without success yet (today’s column on the topic). Mark shared this letter of support from Terry Holland, who was the Virginia coach at the time: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 1150 West Columbus Avenue Springfield, MA 01101-0179 To the Hall of Fame Selection Committee: It has come […]
I got to see much of the first three nights of the boys state basketball tournament this week, and here are a few observations: >> Maryknoll, which plays Kalaheo in tonight’s final, has some very good athletes, but would be better served setting up and using its great height advantage. Especially with Kaleb Gilmore’s ability to extend defenses with his perimeter shooting, the Spartans showed great ability to get 6-9 Tobias Schramm and 6-5 Hyrum Harris open under the basket […]
There were more positives to take from the UH baseball team’s opening night game Friday than you might expect from a 3-0 loss. First of all, what a great crowd. It was truly standing-room only as Jerry Campany and I wandered around the concourse looking for a good vantage point. I noticed some good: >> Some solid hitting, just not enough falling in at the right times. The Rainbows had just five hits, but connected fairly well against tough pitching. […]
Bill Smith, one of the greatest sports figures in Hawaii history, died last Friday (Feb. 8). The two-time Olympic gold medal swimmer from Kaneohe and Maui was 88. He attended Saint Louis School and graduated from Baldwin High before becoming an eight-time national champion at Ohio State. In 1948 he won gold medals at the London Olympics in the 400-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay while captaining the U.S. men’s swimming team. He held the world record in four […]
>>It is now a done deal that the school’s men’s sports teams will all be named Warriors and the women’s teams all will be Rainbow Wahine. What do you think? >> The UH women’s basketball team is back in town. Under first-year coach Laura Beeman, the team is 11-11 and has won seven of its last 10 games. The Rainbow Wahine hope for a crowd of more than the usual 700 or so that they usually get for Thursday’s game […]
The University of Hawaii baseball program enjoyed the biggest turnout for its alumni game in decades. This used to be a huge event in the 1980s and early 1990s, but fell off in recent years especially after coach Les Murakami’s retirement. But several of the players, including Chris Walz, Tommy Heffernan and Carl Furutani, took it upon themselves to reach out to as many alumni as they could find and bring them together. “When you see that it’s fractured, there’s […]
On what some consider an impossible job: “I wouldn’t have come here if I didn’t think it was great.” On the fallout of the Wonder Blunder: “I’ve read everything. … There isn’t anything there that isn’t correctible. … They’re teachable moments. … We’re moving forward.” On competing while meeting compliance standards: “We’re going to win and we’re going to win well. … We’re going to do the right thing.” He said there are three words he says he lives by: […]