What’s a World Cup without controversy?
Followers of this blog will know I have just returned from Quebec City, where I spent a fabulous four days catching up with professional colleagues from around the world at the 2014 FIMS sports...
View ArticleDr. Hamish Kerr joins us on “5 Questions with CJSM”
The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are having their closing ceremony today. Among the many sports that have been declared a success in these games is Rugby 7’s, which saw South Africa beat the New...
View ArticleRugby’s Big Year(s)
It’s amazing how time flies. How is it already March? It’s almost 7 p.m. and I’m writing by the light of a sun that is still above the horizon, thanks to one of my favorite inventions of the modern...
View ArticleA Blue Card for Rugby
Rugby is wildly popular in New Zealand, and that’s no news for anyone who follows sports. It may be less appreciated how much medical research on rugby and other sports comes from the Land of the Long...
View ArticleCJSM Podcast 8: A Conversation with South Africa’s Jon Patricios
Our newest podcast guests Jon Patricios, M.D., the current president of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) and the 2015 Travelling Fellow of the American Medical Society for Sports...
View ArticleThe Controversy Over Grass
To be clear, my topic today is NOT a survey of what cannabis legalization has wrought in states like Washington or Colorado [as an aside, in our own little corner of the USA the question of...
View ArticleRugby World Cup 2015–A Retrospective
How time flies! It was not that long ago that the Rugby World Cup was starting off in England, and Japan was making history by beating the South African Springboks. After 6 weeks and 271 tries, the...
View ArticleTo Tackle or Not: That is the Question
There is an ever-increasing debate on both sides of the Atlantic regarding contact and collision sports for youth. In particular, the issue of tackling (whether in rugby or American football) is in...
View ArticleSix Nations — a hymn to rugby
One of Rugby Union’s big, international events – The Six Nations Championship – kicked off this weekend, and we’re looking forward to the great sport the event will offer through mid-March (the last...
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