Thursday's health and safety news from the world of football:
- Stanford News reported on researchers at the northern California school who are testing football helmets to measure the forces imparted on the brain in greater detail than ever before.
- The Army Times reported on how 34-year-old Nate Boyer represents the University of Texas as a long snapper and the Army as a veteran at the Medal of Honor Bowl.
- The Connecticut Post reported that an expanded concussion plan was approved by the state Board of Education. The Hartford Courant also reported on the move.
- The Cleveland (Tennessee) Daily Banner profiled an area doctor who recently became the area's first credentialed ImPACT consultant as an authority on concussion care.
- WMAR-TV in Baltimore looked at the myths involved in concussions.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor
