Amid all the memorable heroics on the gridiron, hardwood and ice rinks around America, the biggest story in sports during the first month of 2023 was one that gripped us for days.
During the Jan. 2 Monday Night Football matchup between Buffalo and Cincinnati, Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest immediately following a collision with Bengals receiver Tee Higgins. The Bills training staff and attending physicians jumped to action and administered life-saving CPR and defibrillation.
Let’s size up what happened in the aftermath, and then we’ll describe the hobby fallout.
For two days after Hamlin’s scary event, the sports world held its breath, awaiting news. And then … progress. At a press conference on Jan. 5, Dr. Timothy Pritts, a trauma surgeon at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, lauded those responsible for the emergency treatment: “We can’t say enough about the quick actions of the Bills training staff and the physicians
