Stanford researchers study helmet safety from rotational forces

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