Nfl Concussions

For Fear Of The Game? NFL Concussion Issues Change Thinking About Youth Football

AP | CHRIS JENKINS | Posted 05.26.2012

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-- Already uneasy about the idea of letting her 7-year-old son Jason start playing tackle football, Elizabeth Giancarli made up her mind when former ...

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The Brains That Bind Us

Marian Salzman | Posted 05.25.2012

Although two of the greatest attributes of our country might be our competitive spirit and our defense of our values and freedoms, one can't help but wonder at what price. Brains are the tie that binds us, but are we really coming undone? Think about it.

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What's Next? Seau's Suicide Troubling NFL Players

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.22.2012

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Junior Seau's suicide is troubling NFL players. No one knows precisely why the 43-year-old Seau shot himself in the chest at his oceanfront home May ...

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Ohio State Football Player Turns Down NFL Over Health Concerns

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 05.14.2012

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Shortly after the 2012 NFL Draft concluded, Andrew Sweat tweeted that he had signed a free-agent deal with the Cleveland Browns. The linebacker out of...

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Junior Seau's Brain Donated For Research

AP | BERNIE WILSON | Posted 05.05.2012

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Junior Seau's brain will be donated by his family for research into football-related head injuries. San Diego Chargers chaplain Shawn Mitchell said...

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Brain Condition Speculated To Be A Factor In Junior Seau's Suicide

| Posted 05.03.2012

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NFL legend Junior Seau died yesterday after reportedly shooting himself in the chest, according to various news reports. What prompted the apparent s...

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How Many Deaths Will It Take?

Leigh Steinberg | Posted 05.03.2012

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I knew Junior Seau since the day in 1990 when he and his friends partied back stage after he was drafted. Now he is dead at only 43 years-old.

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Longtime Falcons Safety Dies

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 04.23.2012

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ATLANTA -- Former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling, who helped lead the team's vaunted defense in the 1970s and later filed a high-profile lawsui...

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Is 'Old School' Hockey Mentality Hurting The NHL?

Posted 03.09.2012

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By Mike Viola, The Hockey Writers There is an epidemic in today’s NHL. Stars are dropping left and right and it is taking away from the game...

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The NFL Bounty Blight and the Saints

Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 05.07.2012

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Call the bounty program that sought to hurt, maim, destroy and purposely injure high-powered football players what it is: criminal. This is organized crime at its worse -- nothing less.

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Is Obama Wrong About NFL Concussions?

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 03.01.2012

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The mood when President Obama belatedly celebrated the world champion 1985 Chicago Bears at the White House in October 2011 was understandably celebra...

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Did Rule Change Cut NFL Concussions In Half?

National Football Post | Posted 02.17.2012

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It was nearly a year ago that the NFL announced kickoffs would be moved from the 30- to the 35-yard line with the stated goal of reducing concussions....

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How To Keep Score Of NFL Concussion Suits

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.14.2012

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With possibly billions of dollars at stake, lawyers for many of the 300 former players suing the NFL over concussion-related health problems announced...

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Hall Of Famer Sues NFL

AP | NANCY ARMOUR, HOWARD FENDRICH and MARTHA IRVINE | Posted 04.03.2012

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The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his H...

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Big Hits, Broken Dreams

Dr. Sanjay Gupta | Posted 03.26.2012

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I love the game of football. I went to a Big Ten school, and my wife and I still return to our alma mater for games. But the game can and should be safer.

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'We Knew He Had Four Concussions'

AP | By JIM LITKE | Posted 01.25.2012

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-- After muffing one punt and fumbling a second in an overtime loss last weekend, San Francisco's Kyle Williams was subjected to an all-too-predictab...

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Did NFL Hide Evidence About Concussions?

AP | By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 01.21.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- NFL officials conspired to hide evidence linking concussions to dementia and brain disease, seven retired players charge in the latest...

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NFL Helmet's Surprising Name

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 01.13.2012

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According to a recent study, Schutt Sports makes very good football helmets. Its marketing is raising a few eyebrows, though. In an age of heighten...

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Some NFL Players Still Willing To Hide Concussions

AP | By HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 02.25.2012

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-- Ask Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew whether he would try to play through a concussion or yank himself from a game, and he'll ...

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NFL Makes 2 Changes In Concussion Protocols

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 02.20.2012

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NEW YORK — The NFL is changing how it handles concussion examinations after Browns quarterback Colt McCoy went back into a Dec. 8 game without b...

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Head Games

Andrew Brandt | Posted 02.14.2012

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The NFL has ramped up its player safety enforcement and discipline -- James Harrison can attest to that -- but can and should do more to protect its players from others and, often, from themselves.

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Brain Trauma Found In Three-Time NFL Champ

AP | By JIMMY GOLEN | Posted 12.08.2011

BOSTON -- Lew Carpenter never had any concussions – or at least none that his family knew about back in the 1950s and '60s, when he played for t...

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Former NFL Player Claims Brain Injuries Led To Police Standoff

AP | By TOM COYNE | Posted 11.30.2011

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Former Notre Dame assistant coach Corwin Brown officially notified a judge Wednesday that he plans to defend himself against charg...

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Concussions in College Football: Time for a Real Game Changer

David J. Skorton | Posted 01.16.2012

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While the scandal at Penn State remains in the headlines, with good reason, we should also focus attention on a significant problem facing student athletes: concussions in college football.

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Another Colts QB Out With Injury

AP | CLIFF BRUNT | Posted 11.29.2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts are preparing as though Curtis Painter will be their starting quarterback at Tampa Bay on Monday. Kerry Collins is sti...

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