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News.com.au
3 hours ago
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- News.com.au
McGovern announces SHOCK retirement
AFL: West Coast Eagles legend Jeremy McGovern spoke to the media after being medically retired by the AFL's concussion panel.
Yahoo
5 hours ago
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- Yahoo
'Gutted': Eagles great McGovern medically retires
A "gutted" Jeremy McGovern will leave the AFL as a West Coast great after being forced into premature retirement through concussion. McGovern announced his 197-game career was over on Friday, with the decision made for the key defender by the AFL's concussion panel. The 2018 premiership player suffered a head knock in the Eagles' round-eight fixture against Melbourne and was referred to the panel after failing to recover following the mandatory 12-day period. Lauded as the intercept king, the 33-year-old etched himself into West Coast history with his famous mark in their 2018 grand final win. Overcoming internal bleeding in the lead-up to the eventual five-point victory, McGovern's quality shone through when he ditched his man - Collingwood star Jordan De Goey - to intercept Adam Treloar's kick inside-50. The move kickstarted the chain that ended in Dom Sheed's match-winning goal. He finished that season with 77 intercept marks, the most in 2018. "It's been an absolute honour to pull on the West Coast jumper for the past 15 years and it's something that I will forever be grateful for," McGovern said in a club statement. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Waalitj Marawar 🦅 (@westcoasteagles) "As much as this isn't the way I would have liked to go out, I respect the decision. "I'm gutted I don't get to pull the jumper on and run out one more time, but sometimes this is the way the game goes." McGovern arrived at the Eagles from North Albany with pick No.44 in the 2010 rookie draft. But it wasn't until mid-way through the 2014 season, at age 22, that McGovern earned his AFL debut under former coach Adam Simpson. The lynchpin of the Eagles defence, McGovern established himself in 2015 and earned four-straight All-Australian nods from 2016 to 2019. He ends his career as the club's reigning John Worsfold medallist and as a five-time All-Australian, having collected another blazer in 2024. "To the club, I can't explain how much you have given me over my time here, and I can't thank you enough for drafting a fat kid from Albany and giving him a crack," McGovern said. "I've always loved the game and winning a premiership is every kid's dream, but the lifelong friendships and relationships you build through footy mean more to me than anything. "I will forever be indebted to West Coast, and I will always bleed blue and gold." McGovern's exit follows that of former West Coast teammate Luke Edwards, who stepped away from the game last October to focus on his recovery from multiple concussions. Collingwood duo Nathan Murphy and Josh Carmichael, Melbourne premiership player Angus Brayshaw and Western Bulldogs draftee Aiden O'Driscoll also had their careers cut short in 2024 because of concussion.
ABC News
7 hours ago
- Sport
- ABC News
West Coast Eagles great Jeremy McGovern retires from AFL after multiple concussions
West Coast Eagles great Jeremy McGovern has played his final game after being urged to retire by the AFL's concussion panel. It was revealed last month that McGovern, who has played 197 AFL games since making his debut in 2014, had been referred to the panel after suffering multiple concussions throughout his career. His most recent came in early May, when he was nudged into a marking contest by Jake Melksham late in the second quarter of the Eagles' round eight loss to Melbourne, causing him to cannon into Demon Harrison Petty. McGovern emerged from the impact dazed, but played on for a few minutes before being subbed out and placed into the league's "concussion protocols", ruling him out for the following game. He has missed West Coast's past six games and was ordered last month to consult the AFL's concussion panel to determine his playing future. A statement on the Eagles website confirmed his retirement on Friday morning. It said McGovern's decision to retire had been made after "extensive consultation with his family, club leaders and medical staff". 'It's been an absolute honour to pull on the West Coast jumper for the past 15 years and it's something that I will forever be grateful for,' McGovern said. 'As much as this isn't the way I would have liked to go out, I respect the decision. 'I'm gutted I don't get to pull the jumper on and run out one more time, but sometimes this is the way the game goes, and I am forever grateful to the West Coast supporters who have also shown me love and respect."
Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
UFC champion Ronda Rousey reveals traumatic medical consequences of fighting in the ring
UFC legend Ronda Rousey has revealed that she is still suffering with scary aftereffects of her career in the octagon. Rousey, 38, cemented herself in UFC lore as the promotion's first female champion - a title she successfully defended six times before retiring in 2016. Yet, it has now been over eight years since she last stepped in the ring, with her legendary UFC run ending in back-to-back losses Amanda Nunes and Holly Holm. However, the former Bantamweight fighter has now confessed that even years later she still suffers with long-term medical consequences from her countless bouts. Rousey, who welcomed her second daughter with her husband, former UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, in January, revealed that she is sometimes struck with temporary spells of blindness. 'Two of my triggers (are) bright lights and head impacts—so I'd get hit and I'd basically lose big chunks of my vision and my depth perception and my ability to track movements quickly and make snap decisions, which is basically all the things that I need and I thought I have a concussion,' Rousey told 'Untapped.' 'I'm out on my feet, but I wouldn't be stumbling around. I didn't lose my balance. This was like, I had to retire because this kept happening to me more and more often to the point where I would get a jab and I would basically go blind.' She explained that she consulted doctors on the medical repercussions of her career and is working to address the neurological issues. Rousey reportedly blames the issues on a history of concussions dating back to her days competing in judo - long before her UFC career. 'I don't have any regrets or anything like that,' Rousey said. 'Fortunately, I have a lot more information now about what was going on with me. I just felt like I couldn't be honest about what I was physically going through without people feeling like I was making excuses for myself. I also feel like I didn't owe anyone any explanation especially if they were going to shit all over it. So yeah, I needed to figure out what was going on first. 'Dana sent me to this long-term fighters' neurological study and they actually made some—I wouldn't call them breakthroughs, but actually were able to diagnose a lot of the stuff that was going on with me and I guess still is. I just didn't have all the information at that time. So, I couldn't hand that information to me then to explain things better now, so no, I don't dwell on that at all. It was the best I could do with what I had.' Rousey became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo by winning bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She began her MMA career in 2011 with King of the Cage before shortly joining Strikeforce. Nicknamed 'Rowdy', she won the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight title in her fifth fight and fifth straight win as a professional MMA fighter. She kept the title up until the UFC brought out the promotion. Upon acquiring the entire Strikeforce roster, Dana White crowned Rousey the UFC women's bantamweight queen—a title she successfully defended six times as her stardom took off to unprecedented heights. She went 12-0 in MMA before losing to Holm via second-round KO with a head kick in 2015. Over one year later, she was gifted a title fight in her UFC return before losing to Nunes in 48 seconds without landing a significant strike. Following her legendary MMA career, Rousey had a successful five-year run with WWE that ended in 2023.
Yahoo
16 hours ago
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Bears' Jaquan Brisker details his journey back to football following his concussion
The road back to football has been a long one for Chicago Bears safety Jaquan Brisker. Eight months ago, the hard-hitting defensive back reported having concussion symptoms following a decisive 36-10 win over the Carolina Panthers. He missed the team's next game in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the hope was that he would be back in no time. That concussion, Brisker's third in the NFL, wound up keeping him out of the final 12 games of the season, a fairly uncommon occurrence. Brisker spent months rehabbing to get back to a point where he could return to the field, which finally happened this spring during organized team activities (OTAs). Advertisement Now during mandatory minicamp, Brisker feels good with where he's at—probably due to the extensive rehab he was doing while recovering from his concussion. Brisker needed to retrain his nervous system following the injury, and it took a lot of work. The Bears safety spoke with the media following Wednesday's practice (his first media appearance since suffering the injury) and detailed what his doctors had him do to get his mind right. "I went to a doctor in Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), and he basically just explained the type of concussion I had and told me how to retrain it," Brisker said. "Really just doing exercises. That's really what I had to do, and then I did furthermore later on when I got to California." The tests focused on reactionary movements from Brisker. "Side-to-side movements. A lot of tennis ball catching and things like that, just trying to track my eyes, get my eyes moving around, get my body moving around fast, and things like that, just reacting," Brisker said when asked about what kind of tests he was going through. Advertisement Concussions can affect players differently, though Brisker isn't sure why this particular one kept him off the field for as long as it did. It was a serious issue, however, and many wondered if his playing career would need to be severely cut short. Thankfully, that wasn't the case. "I'm a Brisker. We're strong. I had people behind me, things like that. I dealt with so many more. things that were worse than that. This is just another bump in the road, to be honest. I just kept my head down, moving forward." Brisker undoubtedly wants to move forward and prepare for what will be a pivotal season for him as a pro. At the same time, though, it wouldn't be a bad thing if Brisker picked up where he left off from last year. Prior to the injury, the former second-round pick was on a tear for the Bears. Brisker had totaled 40 tackles, three for a loss, one sack, an interception, and a forced fumble in just five games. Had he stayed healthy, Brisker would have easily surpassed his previous NFL career high and shown he's on an upward trajectory in the league. That can still happen, even as he's entering the final year of his rookie contract while coming off injury. He can be a force in Dennis Allen's defensive scheme, and he doesn't feel any extra pressure with returning to the field. "Just stay healthy," he said when asked what he needs to prove in 2025. "I don't have to prove anything. When I was out there, I made plays. I go attack the ball, and I come down and hit; I come down and tackle, and I'm a leader. Really, I just have to be out there." Even though it's just practice, it seems Brisker's long road back has finally reached its destination. This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Bears' Jaquan Brisker details his journey back to football
