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☆ Damar Hamlin showing signs of 'remarkable improvement,' the Bills say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Erika Edwards | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Damar has shown remarkable improvement over the past 24 hours," the Bills tweeted. Hamlin, 24, has been in intensive care after collapsing on the field from cardiac arrest during "Monday Night Football" on Jan. 2. There has been no official statement about what caused Hamlin's cardiac arrest. It is in this exact moment, experts say, that a blow to the chest in the exact right place can launch an otherwise healthy person into cardiac arrest. Thursday morning, Hamlin's teammate Kaiir Elam said in a tweet, "Our boy is doing better, awake and showing more signs of improvement."

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is beginning to learn about the massive outpouring of prayers and support he has received since suffering a cardiac arrest during an NFL game on Monday night in Cincinnati, his doctors said on Thursday. "He's learning it today," Dr. Timothy Pritts of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center said at a news conference, when asked by reporters if Hamlin was aware of the massive support aimed his way. After making a tackle in the first quarter of the nationally televised game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Hamlin stood up, took a few steps and collapsed on his back. The medical staff at the hospital and Hamlin's family have also been lifted by the support, his doctors said. The doctors also praised Hamlin's family, some of whom rode with him from the stadium to the hospital and have been by his side ever since.

Doctors are calling on the public to familiarize themselves with lifesaving CPR techniques after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest during a football game Monday night in Cincinnati. Hamlin received CPR, which stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, to restore his heartbeat on the field, the Bills said in a statement. The American Heart Association said it saw a 200% increase in web traffic to its CPR site after news of Hamlin’s cardiac arrest emerged. More than 30 states require public school students to learn CPR before high school graduation. Another possible solution, Toft said, is for the U.S. to require CPR training to obtain driver’s licenses — a strategy deployed in some Scandinavian countries.

☆ Damar Hamlin Showing Signs of Improvement After Collapse During NFL Game
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who collapsed and went into cardiac arrest during a game Monday night, remains in critical condition but showed “signs of improvement” on Tuesday and overnight, the team said. Hamlin remains in the intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, the team said. He has been hospitalized there since his collapse during the first quarter of a nationally televised game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is showing “signs of improvement" and loved ones are "elated" about the player's progress, even while he's still hospitalized in critical condition, his team and family said Wednesday. “Damar remains in the ICU in critical condition with signs of improvement noted yesterday and overnight,” the Bills said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. Hamlin went into cardiac arrest, and his “heartbeat was restored on the field,” the Bills have said. More coverage on Damar Hamlin NFL says no decision made yet on resumption of Bills-Bengals game after Damar Hamlin collapseBuffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin's heart was most likely healthy before collapse, doctors sayDamar Hamlin's familysay they are 'moved by the prayers, kind words'One NFL player has died on the field. His widowwatched Damar Hamlin’s collapse in horror.

Millions of football fans held their breath for close to 20 long minutes Monday night when Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin had a cardiac arrest after making a routine tackle. In the largest study conducted on the subject, 99% of former NFL players showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a devastating neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head trauma. Another key study showed that 40% of retired NFL players have traumatic brain injury, with no correlation between the number of concussions and the severity of the injury. Seau’s death brought the issue of traumatic brain injury to a boiling point, and yet the league’s steps to address the issue appear to be little more than Band-Aids. He raised his hands in an unnatural movement that can be a sign of traumatic brain injury.

☆ Damar Hamlin’s Collapse and the Mental-Health Concerns Facing the NFL
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

As the NFL grapples with the terrifying midgame collapse and hospitalization of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, it’s also confronting a rapidly evolving sports landscape in which athletes’ mental health has emerged as a crucial issue. The 24-year-old Hamlin was still in critical condition in the intensive care of a Cincinnati hospital on Tuesday after making a tackle, standing up and then crumbling to the ground during Buffalo’s marquee game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Medical personnel appeared to perform CPR on him for several minutes before he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. He was in cardiac arrest, according to the team, and his heartbeat was restored on-site.

☆ Damar Hamlin Remains in Critical Condition as NFL Says Game Will Not Resume This Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The National Football League began dealing with the fraught decisions it faces following the collapse and hospitalization of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin—who remains in critical condition on Tuesday—by saying that Monday’s suspended game against the Cincinnati Bengals “will not be resumed this week.”Commissioner Roger Goodell informed the teams of the decision on Tuesday, the league said. The nationally televised game was postponed indefinitely on Monday night after Hamlin’s collapse in the first quarter. The NFL hasn’t made a decision about the possible resumption of the game at a later time.

☆ Damar Hamlin’s Toy Drive Raises Over $5 Million in Less Than a Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Damar Hamlin ‘s charitable toy drive has raised more than $5 million in less than a day since the Buffalo Bills player collapsed in the middle of Monday night’s game. More than 170,000 people had donated to Mr. Hamlin’s GoFundMe fundraiser by Tuesday evening. The list includes New Orleans Saints quarterback Andy Dalton and professional wrestler Chris Jericho . Individual donations ranged from as much as $20,000 to as little as $3, a nod to Mr. Hamlin’s jersey number.

☆ Bills' Hamlin shows improvement, remains in critical condition
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Frank Pingue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Megan JelingerJan 4 (Reuters) - The Buffalo Bills said on Wednesday that safety Damar Hamlin has shown "signs of improvement" since suffering a cardiac arrest during a Monday night NFL game in Cincinnati, but that he is still in critical condition. "Damar remains in the ICU (intensive care unit) in critical condition with signs of improvement noted yesterday and overnight," the Bills said in a social media post. During the first quarter of the Bills' penultimate regular season game against the Bengals, Hamlin got to his feet after making a tackle and then collapsed. Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow told reporters on Wednesday there was "a lot of chaos" after Hamlin was taken off the field, before the NFL announced the game was postponed. "We didn't really know what was going on," Burrow told reporters on Wednesday.

☆ Damar Hamlin: Sports World Shows Support for Buffalo Bills’ Player
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CES: How Will Gadget Startups Face Economic Challenges? The global trade show CES kicking off this week has been the place for startups to showcase their technologies to potential future partners and customers. But the show has been disrupted by the pandemic the past couple of years, and a looming economic downturn has taken a toll on tech companies big and small. WSJ personal tech reporter Dalvin Brown joins host Julie Chang for a glimpse of what we can expect at this year’s event. Photo: Yonhap News/Zuma Press

☆ Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe have tense exchange over Damar Hamlin response
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Skip Bayless spent a third straight day defending his controversial tweet about Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, this time during a tense exchange Wednesday with his Fox Sports talk show co-host Shannon Sharpe. His absence followed co-host Bayless’ widely-criticized tweet questioning whether the NFL should have ended the Bills’ game Monday against the Cincinnati Bengals after Hamlin collapsed on the field. During the incident Monday, Bayless tweeted: “no doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game - but how? “Skip tweeted something, and although I disagreed with the tweet, and hopefully Skip would take it down. “I’ll admit up front that I’m still shook up what happened last night to Damar Hamlin.

☆ ESPN stands by report that NFL planned to restart game after Hamlin collapsed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —ESPN is sticking by its reporting that the NFL had initially planned to resume Monday’s football game after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field – a claim the NFL vehemently denies. The NFL postponed Monday’s game between the Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals following the on-field injury. But whether the NFL had at any point after Hamlin’s devastating injury planned to resume the game remains a subject of dispute and controversy. “There was constant communication in real time between ESPN and league and game officials,” the network said in a statement. All night long, we refrained from speculation.”Joe Buck, ESPN’s Monday Night Football announcer, told the New York Times in an interview Tuesday that he received reporting from John Parry, ESPN’s officiating analyst.

The massive audience makes it the most-watched “Monday Night Football” broadcast since the NFL moved the series to ESPN in 2006, surpassing the previous record of 21.8 million viewers for a Packers-Vikings game in 2009. Monday’s high-profile game, however, was suspended when Hamlin collapsed in the first quarter just moments after an open field tackle of Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. During game play, ESPN averaged 21.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings. That audience then grew to 23.9 million viewers between 9 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. when ESPN aired news coverage of Hamlin’s collapse. But I just didn’t want to be speculating.”Before Hamlin’s devastating injury, the game was expected to be among the most-viewed Monday Night Football games in ESPN’s history.

☆ Damar Hamlin’s sudden collapse sent ESPN scrambling. How Scott Van Pelt shifted from covering a game to a crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

And suddenly it’s not.”Those were the salient words of “SportsCenter” host Scott Van Pelt Monday night after Damar Hamlin suddenly collapsed on the field during the high stakes Bills-Bengals game. Within moments, Van Pelt knew that the injury was very different than those normally sustained on the football field. And I was scared.”Later in the evening, after Joe Buck and Troy Aikman concluded their broadcast, hosting duties fell to Van Pelt. “I don’t work for a news network that covers traumatic events when they happen,” Van Pelt noted to me. “My personal preference was that I didn’t want to bring in a physician to speculate,” Van Pelt told me.

☆ Damar Hamlin Remains in Critical Condition as NFL Says Game Will Not Resume ‘This Week’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sharon Hughes stayed awake as late as she could Monday night, forcing her eyes open. “Can you imagine how his mother felt?” Hughes told NBC News in an interview. Several plays later, with 62 seconds left in the game, Hughes fell face-down to the ground, clutching his chest. “You can’t blame football,” she said, adding, “I never did.”Little information was released about Hamlin’s medical condition after his collapse Monday night. Sharon Hughes said that she was following the news but that for now, she was focused just on one thing.

A potential cause of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's jarring collapse and cardiac arrest — witnessed in real time by millions of viewers watching "Monday Night Football" — was immediately recognized by heart experts who also happened to be watching the game. In a statement, the Buffalo Bills has only said that Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest, when the heart stops beating properly, and is now in critical condition. While there are several potential causes for Hamlin's cardiac arrest, cardiologists suggested that a rare phenomenon called "commotio cordis" was to blame. It is in this exact moment, experts say, that a blow to the chest in the exact right place can launch an otherwise healthy person into cardiac arrest. But there are several other reasons a person may go into cardiac arrest.

☆ What Is Cardiac Arrest? What to Know About Why Damar Hamlin Collapsed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Dominique Mosbergen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills collapsed Monday night following a hit during a National Football League game against the Cincinnati Bengals, his team said the 24-year-old safety had suffered a cardiac arrest. “His heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the UC Medical Center for further testing and treatment,” the Bills said early Tuesday.

☆ NFL Faces Fraught Decisions Following Collapse of Damar Hamlin
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The National Football League faces a fraught decision about how to proceed with its season after the collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who was hospitalized and is in critical condition after collapsing during Monday night’s nationally televised game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest, according to the Bills, who said his heartbeat was restored on the field. He appeared to receive CPR for several minutes before being taken away in an ambulance to University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The game was paused and ultimately postponed, with players in tears on the field before they returned to their locker rooms reeling from the scary scene.

Damar Hamlin's family thanked fans on Tuesday, saying they are "moved by the prayers" and "kind words" showered on the Buffalo Bills safety after his collapse on the field. The family also praised health care workers who immediately tended to the 24-year-old as he went into cardiac arrest during the Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game at Paycor Stadium. "We are deeply moved by the prayers, kind words, and donations from fans around the country." "We also want to acknowledge the dedicated first responders and health care professionals at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center who have provided exceptional care to Damar," the statement continued. In the hours after Hamlin's collapse, fans across the country donated money to his charitable effort.

The postponed Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game will not be made up this weekend, but officials said Tuesday it could be resumed at another time following Bills safety Damar Hamlin's terrifying collapse. ET Monday with the NFL saying the game had been "postponed" — leaving doors slightly ajar for Buffalo and Cincinnati to possibly restart play at another time. "The NFL has made no decision regarding the possible resumption of the game at a later date. The Bills game is set for 1 p.m. Conceivably, the NFL could have have Buffalo and Cincinnati play next weekend and start the playoffs a week late.

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated Fox News graphic circulates following Damar Hamlin’s collapse during NFL game
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated Fox News graphic purporting to show an FBI statement released following the collapse of athlete Damar Hamlin on the pitch during an NFL match has been shared by social media users online. The Fox News logo can be seen at the bottom left of the screenshot, with the FBI logo viewable to the center-left of frame. The purported FBI statement reads: “It is unfortunate that conspiracy theorists are feeding the American public misinformation. A spokesperson for Fox News said the graphic was fabricated and did not air on the channel. The image is fabricated, and no such graphic was aired by Fox News.

☆ Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin Hospitalized After Collapsing in Game
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ukraine Begins New Year With Air Raids, Explosions From Russian Attacks Air raids and explosions sounded across Kyiv in the early hours of the new year as Russia launched dozens of drones at Ukraine. In a video address, Ukraine’s president honored the sacrifices made by Ukrainians since the invasion. Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

☆ Damar Hamlin’s On-Field Collapse Was Due to Cardiac Arrest, Bills Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Buffalo Bills said safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest after taking a hit during the team’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. “His heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the UC Medical Center for further testing and treatment. He is currently sedated and listed in critical condition,” the Bills said early Tuesday on Twitter.

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