Researchers Find Brain Trauma Disease in a Soccer Player Finding chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., in a soccer player who loved to head the ball is the strongest indication yet that it is not limited to participants of collision sports like football and boxing. JOHN BRANCH February 27, 2014 at 5:00AM http://nyti.ms/1fs97xo http://nyti.ms/1fs95FQ The New York Times Sports Soccer, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Sports Injuries

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Extreme Park Crashes Taking Outsize Toll on Women Unlike some Olympic sports of risk, including Alpine skiing, few concessions are made for women in snowboarding and freestyle skiing events like slopestyle. JOHN BRANCH February 19, 2014 at 5:00AM http://nyti.ms/1fapEf9 http://bit.ly/1h2AvFa The New York Times Sports Freestyle Skiing, Women and Girls, Sports Injuries

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American Skier Wise Wins Gold in New Halfpipe Event David Wise of Reno, Nev., posted the highest score in a competition that is the high-flying cousin to the better-known version on snowboards. JOHN BRANCH February 19, 2014 at 5:00AM http://nyti.ms/1cW05IW http://bit.ly/1cW07R9 The New York Times Sports Olympic Games (2014), Freestyle Skiing

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Fog Postpones Snowboard Cross and Biathlon Events The men’s 15-kilometer mass start biathlon at the Sochi Games was rescheduled for Tuesday, and the men’s snowboard cross will go straight to the finals, also on Tuesday. JOHN BRANCH February 18, 2014 at 5:00AM http://nyti.ms/1eIjIUG http://bit.ly/1eIjIUF The New York Times Sports Olympic Games (2014), Snowboarding, Biathlon

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