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Urlacher and Bears must reach understanding
This is how ugly starts. The aging star has one year left on his contract. He wants a new deal. The team doesn't want to give him one. He talks up the merits of free agency. Next thing you know, Brian Urlacher is a Cardinal. Or a Seahawk. Or a...
Tags: Steve McMichael, Derrick Brooks, Emmitt Smith, Mike Ditka, Baltimore Ravens
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Bounties, Seau's death shine spotlight on head injuries
Growing up in Sacramento, Bears linebacker Lance Briggs found inspiration from a fellow Californian who threw his No. 55 jersey around with reckless abandon the way Briggs eventually would. Imagine Briggs' thrill when he finally got the chance to have...
Tags: Concussion, New Orleans Saints, Lance Briggs, National Football League, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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Carrier tries to understand deaths of Duerson and Seau
Mark Carrier has lost two former teammates to suicide — Dave Duerson and Junior Seau — over the last 15 months. A hard-hitting 1990 first-round draft pick of the Bears out of USC, Carrier succeeded Duerson after the veteran was released...
Tags: New Orleans Saints, Washington Redskins, Punishment, National Football League, NFL Pro Bowl
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Bill Walton never takes a timeout from talking
In a week when you thought you might have heard it all, I present to you Bill Walton speaking to USC students and bashing UCLA basketball. "I never knew they had pretty girls here at USC," began Walton, one of UCLA's all-time greats, after being...
Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon State Beavers, National Basketball Association
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Big holes in the NFL safety net for former players like Bob Zeman
LA JOLLA — Bob Zeman will do the same as millions Sunday. He will grab the remote, find an easy chair and turn on the Super Bowl. "I still like the drama of the game," he says. He won't exactly be a fan. More like an observer. He knows too much...Tags: National Football League, Minnesota Vikings, Injuries and Wounds, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders
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A game the NFL can't win?
Professional football is the most popular spectator sport in America, which is one reason the Super Bowl is expected to draw 110 million viewers. With its famous athletes, storied franchises and lucrative TV contracts, it's an industry whose future...
Tags: Justice System, Broken Bones, National Football League, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Injuries and Wounds
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Baltimore Raven Ed Reed, Obama warn of dangers of football
President Barack Obama and Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed have something in common. Both love the game of football but would be hesitant to expose a son to its physical dangers. "I am a big football fan, but I have to tell you, if I had a son, I'd...
Tags: Justice System, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Injuries and Wounds, Football, Roger Goodell
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Try this for a Super Bowl 'X factor'
Raise your hand if you believe the Harbaugh family storyline has been exhausted. I believe we’ve heard from Mom and Pop Harbaugh, the brothers and the sister. Unless Manti Te’o proclaims he is now going steady with an imaginary Harbaugh...
Tags: Concussion, Jim Harbaugh, National Football League, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Injuries and Wounds
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Seau lawsuit adds to NFL empire in disarray
How is that State of the Union speech working out for you, Mr. Goodell? Just days before the signature sporting event in the United Football States of America, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reigns over an empire in disarray. The family of Junior Seau...
Tags: Laws, Justice System, Jerry Rice, National Football League, Medical Research
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In Ed Reed case, NFL plays more head games
An initial response to Ed Reed's one-game suspension this week was a shrug. It didn't really matter, anyway. His Baltimore Ravens are playing the San Diego Chargers on Sunday. It got sillier as other reactions poured in. Baltimore Sun columnist Mike...
Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins, Punishment, National Football League, Alzheimer's Disease
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2012: A Year For Skepticism In Sports
The Hartford CourantWith varying degrees of failure over a decade and a half, I have used my Half-baked Jake, ellipsis-pocked humor for my year-in-review, year-in-preview column. For example … In the Year 2012, Gabby Douglas showed us that a squirrel could fly. In...Tags: FBI, Jovan Belcher, Big East Conference, Punishment, Louisville Cardinals
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Sadly, now that Jags don't want Tebow, he is done as NFL quarterback
Running off at the typewriter … Well, it's already official. New Jacksonville Jaguars GM David Caldwell has only been on the job a couple of days and he's already as big a dummy as old Jacksonville Jaguars GM Gene Smith. Caldwell, in only his...
Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Florida Gators, Blaine Gabbert, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Cleveland Browns
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