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Leagues launch concussion study

Updated: June 19, 2012, 2:27 PM ET
By Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com

The Big Ten Conference and the Ivy League are combining their brain power to study the effects of head injuries in sports.

The two conferences on Tuesday announced a major, co-sponsored research partnership to examine and address concussions and other head injuries among athletes.

Each conference recently launched its own concussion research initiative, but the collaboration will pool academic resources in an effort to better assess injuries from a physical and behavioral standpoint, ...

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