Concussed

Sport’s Ticking Timebomb Sam Peters

The definitive account of sport’s concussion crisis, how its ‘dirty secret’ was finally made public and what sport must now do to save itself.

By recounting the untold story of the most influential sports campaign in British newspaper history, which turned concussion in professional rugby from a niche issue into front and back page news, Concussed poses the questions all sports lovers need answering as evidence grows linking sports-related concussions to premature deaths and dementia. Expanding his research from rugby to football, NFL and other contact sports, Sam Peters brings an unparalleled breadth of experience and depth of knowledge to a subject he has written about and campaigned over for a decade. Now sport’s ‘dirty secret’ is out in the open, Peters asks: will concussion kill rugby and other contact sports?

‘Sam Peters has fought a truly magnificent campaign on concussion in rugby. You think of the courage of the war reporting of the late Marie Colvin, and the persistence and dedication of David Walsh’s work exposing Lance Armstrong in cycling. Sam’s work is in that class, and sport will be safer because of it.’

Stephen Jones, Sunday Times

Sam Peters is a sports writer credited with driving cultural change in rugby union’s attitude towards head injuries. Shortlisted as sports journalist of the year at the UK Press Gazette Awards, Sam has written two books: Broadside with England cricketer Stuart Broad and The Row to Recovery.

03 August 2023

Hardback • £20.00

234x156 • 400pp

9781838955779

Territories: World All Languages

Rights: AU, E, SL, T, US