Malcolm MacLean
@malcomaxx.bsky.social
UK-based settler scholar grappling with colonialism, sport, culture & activism; irredeemable Tsundoku; penchant for sardonic détournement https://labourbehindthelabel.org/; https://malcolmkmaclean.net/
There is some evidence in early boxing and prizefighting writing of awareness of 'punch drunk' but no matter the era sport records of injury are patchy and uneven by sport and country: Allyson Pollock unpacks this in her 2014 book about youth rugby in the UK www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Tackling Rugby
Every week young children are hospitalized on the playing fields of Britain. Yet this data is never collected, nor is there any concerted attempt to work out how to make sport safer. Using meticulous,...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
There is some evidence in early boxing and prizefighting writing of awareness of 'punch drunk' but no matter the era sport records of injury are patchy and uneven by sport and country: Allyson Pollock unpacks this in her 2014 book about youth rugby in the UK www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...