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A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice
A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should
A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one
A scientist reveals endemic brain disease in NFL players and is discredited
A survivor of domestic abuse can't remember details when standing up in court This is the story of the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). This is a story of power, of science and sport, and of the bodies that society deems worth sacrificing.
A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one
A scientist reveals endemic brain disease in NFL players and is discredited
A survivor of domestic abuse can't remember details when standing up in court This is the story of the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). This is a story of power, of science and sport, and of the bodies that society deems worth sacrificing.
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288 pages, Hardcover
Published July 5, 2022
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November 27, 2022
Comprehensive, eye-opening, and impactful!
A Delicate Game is the insightful, informative, candid examination into the preventable disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, that has tragically caused the premature deaths of both famous, beloved athletes and up-and-coming stars.
The writing is frank and descriptive. And the novel is an extremely well-researched tale of the apprehension and irresponsible resistance of professional sports to acknowledge the real and growing evidence that head trauma, whether one big catastrophic hit or multiple smaller hits over time, suffered by players during games or practices throughout their careers can lead to severe neurodegenerative disorders or CTE.
Overall, A Delicate Game is, ultimately, a clear, concise, exhaustive analysis and investigation into the dangerous, long-lasting, often fatal consequences of those gruesomely entertaining, enthralling hits, tackles, and headers we’ve come to know and expect in contact sports to the most important, fragile organ we often take for granted, the human brain.
Thank you to Mobius Books US for gifting me a copy in exchange for an honest review.
A Delicate Game is the insightful, informative, candid examination into the preventable disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, that has tragically caused the premature deaths of both famous, beloved athletes and up-and-coming stars.
The writing is frank and descriptive. And the novel is an extremely well-researched tale of the apprehension and irresponsible resistance of professional sports to acknowledge the real and growing evidence that head trauma, whether one big catastrophic hit or multiple smaller hits over time, suffered by players during games or practices throughout their careers can lead to severe neurodegenerative disorders or CTE.
Overall, A Delicate Game is, ultimately, a clear, concise, exhaustive analysis and investigation into the dangerous, long-lasting, often fatal consequences of those gruesomely entertaining, enthralling hits, tackles, and headers we’ve come to know and expect in contact sports to the most important, fragile organ we often take for granted, the human brain.
Thank you to Mobius Books US for gifting me a copy in exchange for an honest review.
July 23, 2022
A Delicate Game is a must-read for so many reasons. You don’t need to be in professional high contact sports to learn something about the sheer enormity of damage caused to those who play sports, whether it’s professional or Sunday little league.
I’ve been interested in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) ever since I saw the tragic documentary about NFL player Aaron Hernandez and have noticed the rise in sporting stars who end their lives, or suffer from dementia far too early for their years.
There are some incredibly raw and touching stories to be found within the pages of A Delicate Game, and some paragraphs, I warn you, are very hard to digest. You know the ending for the subjects, but you can’t help hoping for a different outcome. Hana Walker-Brown has a knack for intricate descriptors which place you smack bang in the living rooms and kitchens of those who have borne the brunt of brain injury through sport and domestic violence.
Is the sporting industry really improving? Or are we hoodwinked with marketing campaigns and foundations in support of mental health issues such as depression which are the direct result of constant head knocks that sporting bodies deem a necessary part of the game?
A Delicate Game will leave you with more questions than answers, but it will also give you a deeper knowledge and understanding of the effects of brain injury. You don’t need to be knocked out in a ring to suffer the long term and irreversible consequences.
I’ve been interested in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) ever since I saw the tragic documentary about NFL player Aaron Hernandez and have noticed the rise in sporting stars who end their lives, or suffer from dementia far too early for their years.
There are some incredibly raw and touching stories to be found within the pages of A Delicate Game, and some paragraphs, I warn you, are very hard to digest. You know the ending for the subjects, but you can’t help hoping for a different outcome. Hana Walker-Brown has a knack for intricate descriptors which place you smack bang in the living rooms and kitchens of those who have borne the brunt of brain injury through sport and domestic violence.
Is the sporting industry really improving? Or are we hoodwinked with marketing campaigns and foundations in support of mental health issues such as depression which are the direct result of constant head knocks that sporting bodies deem a necessary part of the game?
A Delicate Game will leave you with more questions than answers, but it will also give you a deeper knowledge and understanding of the effects of brain injury. You don’t need to be knocked out in a ring to suffer the long term and irreversible consequences.
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December 12, 2024(DNF @ 25%) Not sure the author has the imagination to precis her subject or find a nontraditional 'way in' to the stories she wants to tell. Every interview is presented verbatim, even down to "she answered the door with a smile and offered me a cup of tea". The court proceedings are similarly described play by play, in excruciating detail. This is... not how you book?
Maybe I will read another, better book about CTE.
Notes on the audiobook:
Are you a trained actor? No? Then don't read your own audiobook. :((( Two words: NOISY MOUTH. *shudders*
Maybe I will read another, better book about CTE.
Notes on the audiobook:
Are you a trained actor? No? Then don't read your own audiobook. :((( Two words: NOISY MOUTH. *shudders*
January 5, 2024
Pretty gut-wrenching and uncomfortable read but I think anyone who plays or coaches sports, especially contact, should read this. Really puts things into perspective.
August 2, 2022
A very interesting and rather terrifying book about CTE, looking across multiple sports (primarily in the UK, USA and Australia). Excellent combination of personal stories and scientific research! Needs a better copyeditor though - the commas and run-on sentences were painful at times
June 4, 2024
Bi radi ustvarili takšne objave?
Športne stave vključujejo napovedovanje rezultatov športnih dogodkov in stavljanje stav na te napovedi. Za uspeh je pomembno razumeti dejavnike, kot so kvote, razmiki in posebnosti različnih športov.
Odgovorne spletne stavnice, ki vključujejo določanje omejitev in poznavanje finančnih omejitev, so bistvenega pomena, da športne stave ostanejo prijetna zabava in ne morebitno finančno tveganje. Ta uvod poudarja potrebo po znanju, strategiji in disciplini pri športnih stavah.
Kako lahko sklenem spletne športne stave?
Naučite se osnov
Naučite se osnov športnih stav, vključno s pogostimi izrazi, kot so kvote, razmiki in vrste stav.
Izberite zanesljivo platformo za spletne stave
Izberite ugledno spletno ali nespletno športno stavnico. Prepričajte se, da imajo licenco in dober sloves poštene igre in hitrih izplačil.
Izbirate lahko med številnimi platformami, ki so lahko bolgarske, angleške, nemške, francoske ali azijske posredniške storitve in stave. Z njimi lahko z eno stavo stavite na več posredniških platform hkrati, kar zelo poenostavi postopek.
Prijavite se na športno borzo z vnosom zahtevanih osebnih podatkov. To običajno vključuje vaše ime, e-poštni naslov in preverjanje starosti.
Raziskave in analize
Preden oddate stave, se seznanite z ekipami, igralci in vsemi relevantnimi statističnimi podatki ali novicami, ki lahko vplivajo na izid dogodka. Informirane odločitve povečujejo možnosti za uspeh.
Izberite svoje stave
Odločite se, katere vrste stav želite skleniti. Pogoste možnosti vključujejo izbiro zmagovalca, stave na točen rezultat in stave na več/pod (na primer na več kot 2,5 gola).
vzemi
Ko se odločite, pojdite na stavni del izbrane športne stave, izberite dogodek in sklenite stavo.
Katere so najbolj priljubljene vrste športnih stav?
Stavite na točen rezultat
Stava s fiksnim rezultatom je stava, pri kateri poskušajo udeleženci napovedati točen izid športnega dogodka. Ta vrsta stav ne zahteva le dobrega poznavanja danega športa, ampak tudi natančno analizo ekip na dani tekmi, da bi lahko določili točen rezultat končne tekme.
Ta vrsta stave zagotavlja višje kvote in potencial dobička zaradi večjega tveganja in poznavanja točnega izida. Čeprav so lahko zahtevne, so stave na točen rezultat ene najbolj priljubljenih športnih stav. Igralcem omogočajo, da uživajo v več spletkah in napetosti v dogodkih, ki sledijo.
Stavite na zmagovalca
Stava na zmagovalca je ena najosnovnejših in najbolj razširjenih vrst športnih stav. V njej udeleženci napovedujejo, katera ekipa, igralec ali udeleženec bo zmagal na določenem športnem dogodku. Ta vrsta stav zajema široko paleto športov, vključno z nogometom, tenisom, košarko, MMA in številnimi drugimi.
Stave na zmago običajno ponujajo tri možnosti – stavo na eno od obeh ekip in stavo na neodločen izid (za športne dogodke, kjer je to mogoče).
Stavne kvote določajo stavnice glede na verjetnost zmage na vsaki strani. Za razliko od drugih vrst stav, kot so točen izid ali stave v živo, so zmagovite stave enostavnejše in dostopnejše začetnikom.
Kljub preprosti obliki je zmagovalna stava lahko raznolika, saj lahko stavite na zmagovalca celotne dirke, dela ali celo obdobja. Ta vrsta stav je pomemben del sveta športnih stav in privablja široko občinstvo stavnikov, ki uživajo v različnih športih in dogodkih.
Športne stave vključujejo napovedovanje rezultatov športnih dogodkov in stavljanje stav na te napovedi. Za uspeh je pomembno razumeti dejavnike, kot so kvote, razmiki in posebnosti različnih športov.
Odgovorne spletne stavnice, ki vključujejo določanje omejitev in poznavanje finančnih omejitev, so bistvenega pomena, da športne stave ostanejo prijetna zabava in ne morebitno finančno tveganje. Ta uvod poudarja potrebo po znanju, strategiji in disciplini pri športnih stavah.
Kako lahko sklenem spletne športne stave?
Naučite se osnov
Naučite se osnov športnih stav, vključno s pogostimi izrazi, kot so kvote, razmiki in vrste stav.
Izberite zanesljivo platformo za spletne stave
Izberite ugledno spletno ali nespletno športno stavnico. Prepričajte se, da imajo licenco in dober sloves poštene igre in hitrih izplačil.
Izbirate lahko med številnimi platformami, ki so lahko bolgarske, angleške, nemške, francoske ali azijske posredniške storitve in stave. Z njimi lahko z eno stavo stavite na več posredniških platform hkrati, kar zelo poenostavi postopek.
Prijavite se na športno borzo z vnosom zahtevanih osebnih podatkov. To običajno vključuje vaše ime, e-poštni naslov in preverjanje starosti.
Raziskave in analize
Preden oddate stave, se seznanite z ekipami, igralci in vsemi relevantnimi statističnimi podatki ali novicami, ki lahko vplivajo na izid dogodka. Informirane odločitve povečujejo možnosti za uspeh.
Izberite svoje stave
Odločite se, katere vrste stav želite skleniti. Pogoste možnosti vključujejo izbiro zmagovalca, stave na točen rezultat in stave na več/pod (na primer na več kot 2,5 gola).
vzemi
Ko se odločite, pojdite na stavni del izbrane športne stave, izberite dogodek in sklenite stavo.
Katere so najbolj priljubljene vrste športnih stav?
Stavite na točen rezultat
Stava s fiksnim rezultatom je stava, pri kateri poskušajo udeleženci napovedati točen izid športnega dogodka. Ta vrsta stav ne zahteva le dobrega poznavanja danega športa, ampak tudi natančno analizo ekip na dani tekmi, da bi lahko določili točen rezultat končne tekme.
Ta vrsta stave zagotavlja višje kvote in potencial dobička zaradi večjega tveganja in poznavanja točnega izida. Čeprav so lahko zahtevne, so stave na točen rezultat ene najbolj priljubljenih športnih stav. Igralcem omogočajo, da uživajo v več spletkah in napetosti v dogodkih, ki sledijo.
Stavite na zmagovalca
Stava na zmagovalca je ena najosnovnejših in najbolj razširjenih vrst športnih stav. V njej udeleženci napovedujejo, katera ekipa, igralec ali udeleženec bo zmagal na določenem športnem dogodku. Ta vrsta stav zajema široko paleto športov, vključno z nogometom, tenisom, košarko, MMA in številnimi drugimi.
Stave na zmago običajno ponujajo tri možnosti – stavo na eno od obeh ekip in stavo na neodločen izid (za športne dogodke, kjer je to mogoče).
Stavne kvote določajo stavnice glede na verjetnost zmage na vsaki strani. Za razliko od drugih vrst stav, kot so točen izid ali stave v živo, so zmagovite stave enostavnejše in dostopnejše začetnikom.
Kljub preprosti obliki je zmagovalna stava lahko raznolika, saj lahko stavite na zmagovalca celotne dirke, dela ali celo obdobja. Ta vrsta stav je pomemben del sveta športnih stav in privablja široko občinstvo stavnikov, ki uživajo v različnih športih in dogodkih.
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February 2, 2025
A very thought provoking book about the top 2 inches. It’s amazing that the brain is softer than raw meat, and it has so much influence on our history. I did a literature review on anxiety/depression and it’s link to concussions at university (in 2013), so it was awesome to read new information around this topic.
February 13, 2023
Awesome insight into the effects of any type of brain injury. Hard hitting and scary....but I think this area needs more attention
September 20, 2024
Rating: 4✨ | Date finished: 21st May 2023
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