Concussed Sport’s Hidden Truth

<p><b>*WINNER of the </b><b>Pinsent Masons Best Sports Writing Award at The British Sports Book Awards 2024*</b><br><br><b>*SHORTLISTED for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2023*</b><br><br><b>*SHORTLISTED for Rugby Book of the Year at The British Sports Book Awards 2024*</b><br><br><b>*A <i>TIMES</i> AND <i>DAILY TELEGRAPH</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR*<br><br></b>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, <i>Concussed </i>poses the questions all sports lovers need answering.<br><br>Expanding his research from rugby to football, NFL and other contact sports, Sam Peters brings an unparalleled<br>breadth of experience, depth of knowledge and journalistic rigour to a subject he has written about and campaigned over for a decade.<br><br><b>Now sport''s ''dirty secret'' is out in the open, Peters asks: how can rugby and other sports save themselves from the</b><br><b>vested interests which threaten their very existence?</b><br><br><b>''There is a real sense of mission in his voice - and vitriol for those who held back the sport for so long'' <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>''Peters'' work is in the greatest tradition of British journalism: fearless, unstoppable and committed to righting a profound wrong'' Dan Snow</b></p>