Dead athletes’ brains show damage from concussions Analysis

            The author’s purpose of this article is to inform about how concussions lead to deaths in former athletes. It uses research from CSTE (Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy) to say that the deaths are mainly caused by the large amount of bruising in the brain, causing athletes to die young. This bruising affects parts of the brain like emotion, rage, and even breathing, and eventually kills brain cells. This article is also from CNN, so it is also reliable, for the same reasons. The article is credible, because it uses quotes from the players who were actually affected by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). For example, a quote by Chris Nowinski,a former football player at Harvard, and professional wrestler, discusses his problems when he says, “My world changed. I had depression. I had memory problems. My head hurt for five years.” Again, there really is no bias or slant, the only real controversy in the article is that CSTE is not 100% certain that the reason for CTE is multiple concussions. The information is very similar to the previous article, and they were written by the same author (Stephanie Smith). The main idea of the article is of how concussions are dangerous to the future lives of athletes, leading to things such as depression and death. Three of the players in the article had eventually died with long bouts of depression, while one committed suicide at the age of 44, and another had died of a drug overdose. This is proof that the concussions damage the player’s brain, and affect their brain cells, like it says in the article.

Ex-NFL players feel concussions’ long-lasting damage Analysis

            The author’s purpose of this article is to inform about the long-lasting damage that occurs to ex-NFL players that have received numerous concussions. It gives examples of different players who have lost their memory due to the damage, and some who have even taken their own lives. The article came from CNN, so I know that it’s reliable, because it’s a news source, and is very credible. The article includes quotes from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Professor Kevin Guskiewicz, who is leading their study of 3,000 ex-NFL players. The article isn’t very opinionated, because there is no disagreement that concussions are a bad thing, and every precaution should be taken to prevent them. The main idea of this article is about the difficulties of former NFL players, caused by multiple concussions. This is supported with ex-NFL players saying that they have lost their memory, and are even slowly gaining Alzheimer’s disease. There really is no bias and/or slant, as this is not a very controversial topic or article.