'Concussion' handler om neuropatologen Dr. Bennet Omalu, der som den første opdager, at amerikanske fodboldspillere pådrager sig varige hjerneskader forårsaget af sporten. Omalu konstaterer tilstanden, der går under navnet kronisk traumatisk ecefalopati (CTE), hos en tidligere fodboldspiller, som er død af hjertestop. Den banebrydende retsmediciner forsøger nu at få sandheden frem om sportsgrenens farlige konsekvenser, men den amerikanske football-liga NFL forsøger ihærdigt at benægte, at det er den voldsomme sport, der forårsager lidelsen. Filmen er baseret på den virkelige historie om den nigerianske immigrant og retsmediciner Bennet Omalu, der tvinges ud i en indædt kamp med en af verdens mest magtfulde institutioner.
Da baseball-stjernen Billy Chapel går på banen til sæsonfinalen, er det med ryggen mod muren. Fra toppen kan det kun gå nedad, og Billy har lige fået at vide, at han er til salg. Samtidig har hans kæreste gennem fem år gjort det forbi. Under kampen tænker han tilbage på sin karriere og sin kærlighed. Er det altsammen slut, eller har han chancen for at vende det hele, hvis han spiller den perfekte kamp, som alle spillere drømmer om?
This session covers workout clothing, straps, wraps, and belts; warm-up and stretching; basic sports-medicine; healing; how to recognize and respond to minor injuries; plus common types of injury and how to prevent them.
Tegan Nox’s WWE dream almost ended early due to a pair of serious knee injuries. Witness the highs and lows of her journey back to the ring.
A documentary that chronicles the grueling battle and tragic outcome of the 1995 fight between tough brawler Nigel Benn and ferocious puncher Gerald McClellan.
All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional team. Billy struggles with important life decisions and their consequences.
A season-ending football injury and break-up derail a senior-year college student's plans, provoking an existential crisis against the backdrop of the unrelenting and gorgeous seasons in the American Midwest.
In some of the most extraordinary natural landscapes in Mexico, a group of mountaineers have set out to explore a world labeled as impossible, but from a space reserved only for birds.
Connor McDavid: Whatever it Takes follows the most physically and emotionally challenging offseason of Connor McDavid's career. This documentary is the remarkable comeback story of one of the NHL's best players after what could have been a career ending or altering injury. A world-class medical team led by Mark Lindsay, supervised McDavid's gruelling rehabilitation program which combined advanced sport science and imaging techniques with Connor's sheer will to overcome, allowing him to return to the Edmonton Oilers lineup for the 2019-20 home opener. McDavid not only came back, but is faster and stronger than ever and having the best season of his young career. McDavid enters the 2020 All-Star break leading the NHL in scoring, and has his Edmonton Oilers in the hunt for 1st Place in the Pacific Division.