{"id":3174,"date":"2013-03-16T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2013-03-16T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T16:21:02","slug":"brian-westbrook-suffering-memory-loss-cites-concussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/03\/16\/brian-westbrook-suffering-memory-loss-cites-concussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Westbrook suffering memory loss cites concussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3175\" alt=\"brianwestbrook\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/03\/brianwestbrook.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/03\/brianwestbrook.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/03\/brianwestbrook-300x211.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/03\/brianwestbrook-50x35.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brian Westbook is experiencing memory loss which he believes was caused by on field concussions. Westbrook, 33, says he forgets names, facts and has trouble retaining new information.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook suffered a concussion in 2009. Three games later he returned to the field and suffered another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully, they won&#8217;t continue to progress,&#8221; Westbrook said about his symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Now Westbrook has joined other former athletes in speaking about the effects of concussions. He recently <a href=\"http:\/\/m.pressofatlanticcity.com\/sports\/ex-eagle-brian-westbrook-experiencing-memory-loss\/article_9ce452e2-40fb-544d-a0b5-e38d81d2ef59.html#.USA4FYGqdM.twitter\" target=\"_blank\">spoke<\/a> at the &#8220;Concussion Conundrum&#8221; Friday at Villanova University. The program was part of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook officially retired before the 2012 season. In his career he amassed 10,275 yards from scrimmage and 71 touchdowns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Westbook is experiencing memory loss which he believes was caused by on field concussions. Westbrook, 33, says he forgets names, facts and has trouble retaining new information. Westbrook suffered a concussion in 2009. Three games later he returned to the field and suffered another. &#8220;Hopefully, they won&#8217;t continue to progress,&#8221; Westbrook said about his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[255],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-3174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-brian-westbrook"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3174"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}