Tag Archives: heat injury
Heat Injury and the NBA Championship
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 6th June 2014Rod Thorn, President of Basketball operations for the NBA and apparently a medical expert as well, said of the first game of the NBA championship series: “It was the same for both teams.” It being the heat. The air conditioning at San Antonio’s AT&T Center failed last night causing the temperature on the court to…
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How to Kill a Football Player
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 26th January 2009The above is the title of a paper published by Jim Knochel in 1975 – (Knochel J.P. Dog days and Siriasis. How to kill a football player. JAMA 1975 23:513-515). It immediately became a classic. The reason I bring it up in the depths of winter is because of the criminal indictment of a Kentucky…
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