After the suicide of former NHL player Claude Lemieux, debate in the United States over contact sports and their impact on the brain has flared up. His family has chosen to donate his brain for research, in hopes of finding signs of damage after more than 20 years of playing hockey.
Ice hockeyThe brain of the recently deceased NHL legend Claude Lemieux will be donated to Boston University for research.
Ice hockeyThe Golden Juniors took Tre Kronor by storm last week. If Viggo Björck goes with them to Switzerland, he could become Sweden's youngest World Cup player of all time. "You always hope to play in the World Cup," says the 18-year-old.
Ice hockeyAll six successful juniors will remain with Tre Kronor after the team's tournament victory at the Fortuna Hockey Games last week. Seven new players, including five from the NHL, will be added to the World Cup roster for the home tournament in Ängelholm this week.
Ice hockeyViggo Björck was not allowed to play in the U18 World Championship as he chose to complete the SM final series with Djurgården's juniors. Now he has been selected for Tre Kronor instead - as one of six JVM gold medalists. "It is impressive to see such a young player with that understanding of the game and maturity," says national captain Sam Hallam.
Ice hockeyTwelve of Sweden's golden heroes will be allowed to play in next season's Junior World Championship as well - unless an NHL career gets in the way. "Obviously, it's a huge opportunity again," says SVT's expert commentator Håkan Loob, the former star, about the next World Championship.
Ice hockeyOnly two golds in history – and 13 years since the last one. Junior crowns' national captain Magnus Hävelid is still optimistic about the junior world championships. I think the chance is there, we have a lot of match winners in the team, he says in connection with the selection.
SportsFull bats, zebra-striped cows, the impact of vodka on language skills and the physics behind perfect pasta sauce. These are some of the discoveries that have been awarded this year's Ig Nobel Prize – the prize that "first should provoke laughter, then thought".
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