A state-of-the-art football helmet with built-in sensors that detect the number and severity of hits to the head a player receives during games has been thrust into the spotlight in a lawsuit filed by a former player against the Canadian Football League. Former CFL All-Star wide receiver Arland Bruce claims in his lawsuit that the CFL has not done enough to ensure its players, particularly those who have already suffered concussions, are given the helmet sensor technology, which comes in Riddells Revolution IQ HITS helmet, a model that sells for about $1,000 — more than double the cost of a typical helmet. In new documents filed in a B.C. court, obtained by TSN, Bruce claims the helmet technology was used by the Calgary Stampeders medical staff to convince former quarterback Dave Dickenson to retire in 2009 after suffering repeated concussions. Bruce also alleges in court filings that the CFL misled the public when, during a public relations campaign about concussions, it failed to discuss the long-term dangers of playing football after suffering repeated head trauma. In new pleadings, Bruce alleges a doctor working with the CFL misled the public when he released a study in 2012 claiming three of six brains of deceased CFL players they examined showed signs of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The new allegations have not been proven and were included in legal documents filed in a B.C. court in response to the CFLs motion to dismiss Bruces lawsuit against the league. While the CFL has asked that the case be dismissed and sent to arbitration under terms of the leagues collective bargaining agreement, Bruce argues he has a right to have his complaint heard in court because the league allegedly misled him and other members of the public, including peewee, high school and university football players. The CFL is among several professional and amateur sports leagues under scrutiny for the advice it has given to players about head injuries. Lawyers charge that leagues including the CFL, NHL, NFL and even NCAA have marketed violent hits and vicious plays and profited from them. The leagues have a vested interest, lawyers for some former players say, to return players to game action, even when it might not be safe for them to do so. The leagues deny those accusations. The NHL, for instance, filed court documents last week in a separate lawsuit saying that, with the huge volume of information publicly available about head trauma, players should be able to put two and two together about the long-term effects of concussions. Athletes who have gone to court have had mixed results. The NFL has agreed to pay an estimated $1 billion to settle a lawsuit filed by more than 4,000 NFL players. The CFL declined to comment for this article. On May 3, 2011, the CFL and its teams worked on a campaign to distribute informational flyers and posters about concussions to more than 100,000 athletes and coaches across Canada, Bruces pleading says, adding the CFL wanted those flyers and posters on every coachs clipboard, posted in every teams locker room, and available to every parent and player. The flyers listed signs and symptoms of concussions and steps to follow before a player ought to return to action. The player should not be left alone, was among the tips. Regular monitoring for deterioration is essential. But the flyers did not pass on advice about when players should stop playing football after receiving repeated concussions and advice had been available for decades, Bruce alleges. A 1952 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine referenced in Bruces lawsuit allegedly recommended players stop playing football after receiving their third concussion. Bruces lawyer says, in 2011, CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon pledged that the league would use a computer system to keep accurate records of player safety and health, would conduct baseline testing for concussions for all players, and would assess advances in helmet technology or any other innovation that would promote player health and safety. Yet according to the pleadings, the Stampeders are the only CFL team using so-called helmet sensor technology. The Riddell Revolution IQ HITS helmets allow every football player on the field to monitor the number and severity of impacts received during game play, Bruces lawsuit says. The inner crown of the headgear is ringed with sensors that measure the number of hits to the head a player takes, what part of the head is contacted and the force of the impact. The Stampeders, the legal filing says, have used the technology since 2008 and it has revealed that offensive linemen average 86 to 92 hits to the head during each game. Bruce suffered a concussion and was knocked out during a September 2012 game in Regina. He was cleared to play that November and alleges in his lawsuit that he was still suffering from the concussion when he returned to the field. (Bruce) was not aware, advised, offered or provided with the opportunity to utilize the (Riddell helmet sensor technology) by the CFL, the B.C. Lions, or the Montreal Alouettes. CFL teams should ensure players who have had documented concussions are given the expensive Riddell helmets, Bruces lawyer Robyn Wishart said in an interview with TSN. Some U.S. schools have adopted the Riddell helmet sensor technology already, including Virginia Tech, Florida State and Oklahoma. A study in January in the Journal of Neurosurgery found certain helmets can reduce the risk of concussion by at least 50 per cent. Bruce is also suing Dr. Charles Tator, a prominent Toronto neurosurgeon and scientist, and CFL Alumni Association executive director Leo Ezerins. The CFL based its 2011 public relations campaign, as well as its current concussion-related protocols, on research published by Tator and Ezerins. Wishart said Tator and others have ignored the 1952 study that recommended football players retire after three concussions. Tator scoffed at that suggestion. They must have had a crystal ball in 1952, Tator said in an interview with TSN. (The recommendation) certainly would not have been based on any science. It would have been a wild guess. Someone picked that out of a hat... Who was the author? TSN subsequently determined the 1952 study was authored by Augustus Thorndike, the chief of surgery at Harvard University from 1931 to 1962. Thorndike was among the first medical experts to advocate for doctors to be present at sports events, and, according to his obituary in The New York Times in 1986, also was among the first doctors to insist hockey players wear helmets. In 2012, Tator and Ezerins published a scientific paper after they studied six brains of deceased CFL players and found CTE in three of them. How can you title your study The absence of CTE when three in six brains studied showed evidence of CTE and the other three had Parkinsons, Alzheimers and ALS? Wishart, adding that publishing a study based on a sample size of six brains was embarrassingly low. By contrast, researchers at Boston University have published studies based on researching as many as 87 brains, Wishart said. Tator told TSN that after starting research four years ago, he and his team have now studied 12 brains, and will release another report updating their findings. He wouldnt say when that report might be made public. The Boston group has gotten in the habit of calling a media conference every time they find (CTE), Tator said. We have a different style. Tator said hes not beholden to the CFL. He said his group receives about $500,000 per year in research funding from private donors, including the Weston Foundation. The CFL, Tator said, has provided his team with less than $2,000 in total funding. Any time we place an ad in the CFL Alumni Association newsletter, it costs us a few hundred dollars, Tator said. In his pleadings, Bruce also raised concerns over a series of brain tests 25 retired Hamilton Tiger Cats players agreed to take in 2011 at McMaster University. The Hamilton Spectator newspaper was going to publicize the results. After testing, Ezerins and Tiger Cats alumni president Dave Lane allegedly met with the school, which subsequently informed the Spectator it would not interpret the results. The lawsuit claims Ezerins said at the time, We are really protecting the CFL. It is a very important issue and we want to make sure it does not reflect poorly on the game of football; that we have the proper perspective. The results later showed that 24 of 25 players scored below average in key brain function indicators, the legal filing said. Ezerins said in an emailed statement that Bruces allegations against him are spurious and without any merit. The CFLAA is, for lack of a better description, a philanthropic organization, focused on assisting former CFL players, if we can, Ezerins wrote. We make no claims as to possessing any kind of expertise, thus we do not provide advice or counselling. Nike Air Max Tn Rebajas . 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Pinch-hitter Tommy Medica singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 in their first home game since Gwynn died of cancer Monday.NEW YORK, N.Y. - The New York Rangers were running out of time to make anything out of the longest homestand in team history. The first seven games of the nine-game Madison Square Garden stay produced one win and only four of a possible 14 points for the Rangers, who seemingly lost their way in front of goalie Henrik Lundqvist. Enter backup Cam Talbot, who got the rare start and kept all but one puck out. Carl Hagelin and Mats Zuccarello scored second-period goals, and Talbot made 24 saves in the Rangers 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night. Talbot allowed the first goal but was steady the rest of the way in relief of the struggling Lundqvist, who started the previous eight games and allowed at least three goals in the last seven outings. "We owed the fans this one," Talbot said. "Theyve been supporting us quite a bit lately, and we havent really produced for them." Benoit Pouliot tied it in the first period, Chris Kreider added a goal in the third, and Derick Brassard had two assists. Kreider made it 4-1 with 7:14 remaining. "Probably our best game all year when it comes to playing a full 60 minutes and everyone contributing," Hagelin said. "We definitely needed one of these just to feel good about ourselves." New York improved to 2-4-2 on the homestand that concludes Monday against Toronto. "There is not a whole lot of time to think about it," Talbot said. "Just go out there and try to carry this game into tomorrow." Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said he decided on his starting goalie for Monday, but didnt reveal his choice. "Hes a young kid thats learning the NHL game," Vigneault said of the 26-year-old rookie Talbot. "He came in here and did what we expect of our goalies and gave us a chance to win." Jason Pominville scored for Minnesota, and Niklas Backstrom stopped 32 shots. He made his second straight start in place of Josh Harding, who is out while adjustments are made to medication for multiple sclerosis. Minnesota, which has lost four of six, has netted only 13 goals in eight games. "When you put yourself in a hole, its hard to get out of it when goals have been tough to come by and overall youre just not feeling good about the way weve been playingg," forward Zach Parise said.dddddddddddd "Its just been a frustrating stretch for us. "Weve got to find a way to score. Thats the bottom line. Were not scoring. Were not giving ourselves a chance." New York took control during a dominant second period in which the Rangers outscored the Wild 2-0 and outshot them 17-5 to take a 3-1 lead and a 29-16 edge in shots. "Our compete level, especially in the second period, was probably our best four-line, six-defence pairing in a long time," Vigneault said. Hagelin gave the Rangers the lead when he took a pass from Derek Dorsett in the right circle and snapped a drive that beat Backstrom at 11:26 for his third goal in four games. The Rangers made it 3-1 with 1:25 left in the second when Brassard skated the length of the ice, curled behind the net, and flung a backhanded pass into the slot to the charging Zuccarello. New York fell behind 4:08 in on Pominvilles team-leading 17th goal. Mikael Granlund, who returned after a long absence, won a faceoff in the New York zone. The puck came to Pominville, who moved it back to Ryan Suter at the left point and then cut to the front. Suter sent him a quick pass for a deflection past Talbot. It marked the first time in 11 road games that Minnesota scored first. "We felt pretty good about the way we played in the first period," Parise said. "We got the first goal and that was it." New York cashed in on its second power play when Pouliot finished a crisp passing sequence started by Brad Richards. Brassard moved the puck to Ryan McDonagh, who sent a floating drive toward the net that Pouliot deflected in with 3:52 left. Pouliot, who has five goals, has scored in three of his last six games and has a point in four straight and five of six. NOTES: The Rangers improved to 3-16-1 after allowing the first goal. The Wild fell to 14-2-2 after scoring first. ... Suter has a six-game assist streak, his longest since another six-game run in December 2011 with Nashville. ... The 21-year-old Granlund had missed 11 games with a head injury. He was hurt on his first shift against Phoenix on Nov. 27. ... Wild defencemen Jared Spurgeon and Clayton Stoner played in their 200th NHL game. ... Zuccarello has a point in 10 of 15 games. ' ' '