sports injuries

Student-athletes who specialize in one sport often grow tired of it by the time they are good enough to think about a collegiate or professional future, and worse, they may be putting themselves at higher risk of injury.

In Florida, helmets are required, and a study showed head injuries decreased by 59%. Yet New Jersey has done nothing.

Soccer injuries are sending soaring numbers of U.S. kids to emergency rooms, a trend driven in part by young players with concussions seeking urgent medical care, a study has found.

New Jersey 101.5's Bill Spadea stood up for tackle football — prompting Rutgers researchers to give it a closer look.

Here is what Deminski and Doyle are talking about on today’s show.

Sports are supposed to be a way for kids to have fun while growing up and learning some valuable life lessons, but are they becoming their greatest source of stress?

Even though Jersey high schools are developing more sophisticated training and nutrition programs, student athletes are still suffering serious injuries.

Every day, 3,400 children sustain sports injuries that are severe enough to be treated in the emergency room. Last year alone, 1.24 million kids nationwide, ages 19 and under, were treated in emergency rooms for sports-related injuries.

Summer may be time for fun in the sun, but it's also one of the busiest times at local emergency rooms across New Jersey as more children spend time outdoors riding bicycles and scooters, swimming and playing sports.

Concerned that too little is known about the effects of head injuries in young athletes, President Barack Obama is bringing representatives of professional sports leagues, coaches, parents, youth sports players, researchers and others to the White House to help educate the public about youth sports concussions.