Alan Schwarz
Alan Schwarz joined The New York Times as a sports reporter in 2007. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Schwarz was a frequent contributor to The Times’s sports section and was the primary writer for the “Keeping Score” series. His work also appeared in the Week in Review, Book Review and Arts & Leisure sections of The Times.
Mr. Schwarz has also been a frequent contributor to Baseball America, for which he has written more than 400 features and columns. In addition, he wrote for ESPN the Magazine, wrote a weekly column on ESPN.com and was the host of an ESPN daily podcast, “Baseball Today,” from 2006 to 2007.
Mr. Schwarz is the editor of “Once Upon a Game” (Houghton Mifflin, 2007), a collection of essays about baseball, and the author of “The Numbers Game: Baseball’s Lifelong Fascination with Statistics” (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2004), which was named ESPN’s Baseball Book of the Year.
Mr. Schwarz won the 2010 Society of Professional Journalists Award and the 2010 New York Press Club Award for Sports Reporting for articles exposing the long-term dangers of concussions and the National Football League’s flawed response to brain injuries. Mr. Schwarz’s earlier articles on athlete concussions won awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors, the New York Press Club, the Society of the Silurians and the New York State Associated Press Association. In 2009, he won the George Polk Award in sports reporting. Mr. Schwarz has received six honorable mentions in “Best American Sports Writing” for features in Baseball America, Harvard Magazine and The New York Times.
Mr. Schwarz received a B.A. in mathematics, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990.
Missouri Alone in Resisting Prescription Drug Database
In declining to keep a prescription drug database, the state has hampered its ability to combat abuse and also drawn buyers from neighboring states.
July 21, 2014, Monday
Thousands of Toddlers Are Medicated for A.D.H.D., Report Finds, Raising Worries
The practice draws concern, in part, because there has been little study on the use of A.D.H.D. drugs for children under 3.
May 17, 2014, Saturday
Idea of New Attention Disorder Spurs Research, and Debate
Powerful figures in mental health are claiming to have identified a new disorder, sluggish cognitive tempo, that could widely expand the ranks of young people treated for attention problems.
April 12, 2014, Saturday
Checking for a Concussion With the Clock Running
The Nationals’ Bryce Harper was in a collision at second base in the top of the second inning, and was back on the field in the bottom of the inning.
April 2, 2014, Wednesday
Concussion Testing for Nationals’ Harper During Game
Bryce Harper was helped off the field in the second inning after colliding with Mets second baseman Eric Young Jr., but he said he passed his concussion tests and returned to finish the game.
April 1, 2014, Tuesday
Report Says Medication Use Is Rising for Adults With Attention Disorder
Some experts said the report indicated that the disorder is being diagnosed and treated with medication in children far too often, and that steeply rising diagnoses among adults might portend similar problems.
March 12, 2014, Wednesday
Doctors Train to Spot Signs of A.D.H.D. in Children
Some psychiatrists are teaching pediatricians how to evaulate children’s mental health issues like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which some doctors diagnose despite having little training.
February 19, 2014, Wednesday
Uncertainty Over Whether N.F.L. Settlement’s Money Will Last
Because the N.F.L.’s recent settlement promises payments to an unknown number of players, the $765 million called for in the deal could run out faster than expected.
January 30, 2014, Thursday
For a Cowboys Star With Dementia, Time Is Running Out
Rayfield Wright, who sustained countless blows to the head during 13 seasons with the Cowboys, said N.F.L. players do not know what awaits in retirement.
January 27, 2014, Monday
After Agreement in N.F.L. Concussion Case, Retirees Will Look at Details
Assuming the judge approves it, the accord on the $760 million settlement could determine how retirees with head trauma are compensated.
January 7, 2014, Tuesday
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