Concussions

Jonathan Boland was a football star at Parkrose High and earned an athletic scholarship to Portland State University until

Former high school football star sues over concussions

March 28, 2019

Longtime Parkrose School District Superintendent Karen Gray, who now works in Lincoln City, required Renee Boland to sign a

School to concussed student's mom: Sign away your right to sue

March 1, 2019

Jonathan Boland is currently incarcerated at Oregon State Penitentiary for robberies committed two days after he publicly

On top of the world. Until one too many concussions

February 12, 2019

When Jonathan Boland was no longer able to play football, he looked for something to replace that “rush.” His search landed

From star quarterback to state inmate — did concussion make the difference?

February 11, 2019

Shelly Jones, the athletic trainer at Aloha High School in Oregon’s Washington County, says on some days she's so busy that

Missing the trainer: Small and rural schools are least likely to have athletic trainers

February 8, 2019

The “Rattled” project’s data analysis showed that Oregon football programs at schools with athletic trainers were three

Oregon’s ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’: Concussion investigation highlights role of athletic trainers

February 8, 2019

Mic Koester, pictured here giving a concussion seminar in North Bend in 2017, says he'd like to see small school districts

Solving the funding puzzle: Many in Oregon look to the state to pay for athletic trainers

February 8, 2019

Oregon state Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (left) said the Rattled project showed that Oregon could make better use of the

Rattling the data: Concussion investigation gleans lessons from public documents

February 7, 2019

In Hawaii, where the state funds a pair of athletic trainers at every high school, it's common see five or more athletic

Hawaii goes all-in on healing concussions: Athletic trainers placed in every high school

February 7, 2019

Max Conradt, pictured here at his Salem home with his daughter, helped Oregon lead the way in ensuring that student athletes

Student athletes aren't the only ones getting concussions — and needing classroom help

January 18, 2019

Getting ahead of brain injuries

Getting ahead of brain injuries

January 18, 2019

Dr. Karen McAvoy, shown here in front of her concussion clinic in Fort Collins, Colorado, wrote REAP — a school-based

Colorado’s concussion approach combines education, medicine, a team approach

January 15, 2019

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