Big Ten Sets Strict Protocols For Concussions That Teams Must Follow

The conference announced a new set of standards that teams must comply with or be subject to disciplinary action. They’re the strongest such rules in NCAA and professional football.

On Monday, the Big Ten college football conference announced new, strong standard policies for how concussions are handled by their member teams.

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Big Ten says "the concussion protocols will move from best practices and minimum requirements for schools to regulatory standards by the conference."

Earlier this season, University of Michigan quarterback Shane Morris left a game after taking a big hit, but was not immediately tested for a concussion, and was sent back in later in the game. The University of Michigan recently fired Brady Hoke, who was head coach at the time.

The effect of concussions, and cumulative, non-concussive brain trauma on football players in particular is a growing concern for the NCAA and NFL. It impacts players at all levels, though, and BuzzFeed News recently reported about how it is a problem in youth football. A recent study showed brain changes can occur after only one year of high school football.

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Man Shot While Reportedly Breaking Up A Fight Between Raiders And Niners Fans

His injuries are reportedly life-threatening.

A man was shot in downtown San Jose less than an hour after the Raiders' win over the Forty-Niners, the San Jose Mercury News reports.

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A source told Mercury News that "the victim was a security guard who was trying to break up a dispute outside the bar." He was shot at least once, and underwent surgery at a hospital in San Jose. The men involved in the fight were detained by the San jose Police Department.

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Games between the local rivals have historically been tense and often violent. In their last meeting — a 2011 preseason game— culminated with a Raiders fan being shot in the parking lot at Candlestick Park. Because the Raiders and Niners are in different conferences, they meet only once every four years for regular season games. Alameda County Assistant Sheriff Casey Nice told Mercury News that there were "about 20 arrests," which is not a uniquely high number.

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This 16-Year-Old Girl's Cheer Routine Is Jaw-Droppingly Impressive

How on Earth did she do that?

The girl flying through the air in this video is Angel Rice.

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This Black Jamaican Woman Just Made Swimming History And Her Reaction Was Amazing

Alia Atkinson could barely believe she had become the first black woman to claim a world title in the pool. h/t CNN .

Jamaica's Alia Atkinson has become the first black woman to claim a world title in the pool, finishing first in the final of the 100 meters breaststroke at the world short course swimming championships in Doha.

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The 25-year-old went into the final as the second favorite behind Lithuania's Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte.

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So when she finished the race, lifted her goggles, and looked to the scoreboard to see she had won, her reaction was priceless.

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"In the last 25 meters, I made sure the pull-out was the best, I really wanted to get that momentum coming up and I think I did that for the most part," she told the swimming website FINA. "While I was going up I realized I was catching up so I was just trying to get a good finish."

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What makes an excellent lyric to you?

It was robust once we got in along. we have a tendency to started recording, and that i simply same, "We haven't got it." [The album] wasn't a bit of labor however. we have a tendency to did not have any songs by [Union Station songwriter] parliamentarian Lee Castleman, and he'd been our main course for songs for the last fifteen years. I known as him, and he same, "I'm dry. i am going to the places I accustomed once I was heartsick, and that i simply cannot connect." thus I drove to his house, and he wished Maine to inform him what was occurring with Maine. once I walked in, he told Maine he had a melody. i might been surfing a dark time in person, and that we talked regarding it. He herbaceous plant the melody; it had been simply attractive. thus I braised a few grilled cheese sandwiches and that we simply talked. He known as Maine later that night and told Maine the title: "Paper airplane"

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That's currently the album title, and also the initial song. You over up choosing songs by variety of various songwriters. Is there a topic that ties all of them together?

The songs ar an effort. [They represent] a attempting time that you are within the middle of. you do not acumen long it's going to be, however you recognize at some purpose it's to finish. it had been arduous singing plenty of those songs. however if i am not truthful, then i am wasting everybody's time, and my own. I've continuously been lyrically targeted. that is my head space; that is what keeps Maine up in the dead of night.

What makes an excellent lyric to you?

I don't grasp till I hear it. i am going with one thing I actually have to mention -- I will not be happy unless I say those words. Then we glance back and see however things match along. generating the song, the that means of the words can amendment, and it is not Maine attempting to vary them. it is a terribly romantic chase.

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Former WWE Champion CM Punk Announces He's Going To UFC

The announcement comes just one month short of the professional wrestler’s one year anniversary of his infamous departure from WWE.

Almost one year after abruptly walking out of the WWE, 36-year-old professional wrestler CM Punk has signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Dana White announced on Saturday night during UFC 181 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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CM Punk appeared ringside with UFC commentator Joe Rogan, saying "I have a limited window like all fighters do, and I'm here for a fight... This is my new career, 100%."

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Rob Gronkowski Wore A Custom-Made "69" Jersey

Lol.

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