Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

You might remember a commercial from a few years ago featuring a football player laying on the field after a hard tackle. He tells his coach, "I'm fine." But when the coach asks him what his name is, the player replies, "I am Batman." The end of the commercial shows the concussed player sitting out the rest of the game enjoying a Snickers bar.

Though sometimes taken lightly, concussions are no laughing matter. The Centers for Disease Control estimates between 1.6 and 3.8 million concussions happen every year, many of them to young people playing sports. While most concussions resolve themse...