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Eugene Jarecki

Q’s & A’s with Leading Sports Reformers

Eugene Jarecki is co-chair (with Amber McReynolds) of the Election Super Centers Project, a non-partisan, joint initiative of the National Vote at Home Institute and Silver Linings Group. The Project’s mission is to help sports team and arena owners and […]

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Jim Bouton

Q’s & A’s with Leading Sports Reformers

Jim Bouton may have the unique status of being the only person to help spur significant reform in both sports and sports journalism.

Bouton was a star pitcher for the New York Yankees.  He won 21 games for the Yankees […]

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Cyrus Mehri

Q’s & A’s with Leading Sports Reformers

Cyrus Mehri has a long history of fighting for social justice. He is a discrimination, civil and consumer rights, worker rights and corporate fraud lawyer. Mehri has represented employees, consumers, investors, athletes, small businesses and others in high-impact cases against […]

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Christopher Centeno, M.D.

Q’s & A’s with Leading Sports Reformers

Dr. Chris Centeno has dedicated his career to creating therapies that could eventually make 70-80% of traditional orthopedic surgeries unnecessary. He believes many of the surgeries today will be replaced by less invasive, interventional orthopedic procedures. Centeno is a […]

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Roldo Bartimole

Q’s & A’s with Leading Sports Reformers

Roldo Bartimole is a long-time Cleveland-based journalist. After several years working for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Bartimole started his own newsletter, called Point of View in 1968. He’s also worked for the Wall Street Journal and written for the New […]

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John Weston Parry

Q’s & A’s with Leading Sports Reformers

John Weston Parry is a lawyer, author, and host of the website/blog: Sportpathologies.com. His most recent book is The Athlete’s Dilemma: Sacrificing Health for Wealth and Fame.

As director of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Disability […]

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Kara Goucher

Q’s & A’s with Leading Sports Reformers

Kara Goucher is one of the most popular female long distance runners in American history. She is a two-time Olympian and was the bronze medalist at the 2007 World Track & Field Championships. (Note: Elvan Abeylegesse, the Turkish runner who […]

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Dr. Ann McKee

Ann McKee, M.D., is a neuropathologist who specializes in neurodegenerative disease, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), at Boston University School of Medicine. She is professor of neurology and pathology and director of the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center. Much of her current research centers on mild traumatic […]

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Dr. Amir Attaran

Amir Attaran is a Professor on the Faculties of Law and Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Law, Population Health and Global Development Policy. Dr. Attaran is by training both a lawyer (LL.B., Vancouver) and a biologist (D. Phil, […]

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Bobby Richardson

Bobby Richardson was a second baseman for the New York Yankees from 1955 through 1966. He was part of one of the great dynasties in American sports history, playing in seven different World Series during his career. He won the World Series MVP in 1960, the only […]