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Feeling the draft: Four interior linemen the Ravens could target
In the weeks leading up to April's NFL draft, I will highlight four players at each position whom the Ravens could target at different stages in the draft -- from their top pick to their Mr. Irrelevant. In this post, I will focus on interior offensive...Tags: NFL Pro Bowl, Mike Pouncey, Matt Birk, Danny Watkins, Athletes
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'07's oral report
"She looked at me with this look, like, 'Mom, are you dumb or what?' She said, 'These are my friends. I want to be with them.'" Deborah McFadden, whose wheelchair athlete daughter, Tatyana, has challenged the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic...Tags: Lou Gehrig, Ozzie Guillen, San Francisco Giants, Britney Spears, Ty Cobb
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Benefits for ex-players to be reviewed
Sun ReporterA congressional committee says it has "serious questions" about the disability benefits system for NFL players and is asking the Congressional Research Service to conduct a study so lawmakers can determine whether a legislative remedy is needed. The...Tags: Retirement, Research, Johnny Unitas, National Football League, John Conyers, Jr.
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Upshaw asking Congress for help
Sun reporterNFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw asked Congress yesterday for assistance in improving a disability benefits system that retired players say repeatedly let them down when they were poor and ailing from old football injuries. "We have made great...Tags: Retirement, FEMA, Gale Sayers, John Kerry, Dallas Cowboys
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NFL, union unveil plan for needy retirees
Sun reporterFor the third time in the past 13 months, the NFL and the NFL Players Association this week announced new initiatives designed to relieve financial strain on needy retired players. One day after league commissioner Roger Goodell and union executive...Tags: Retirement, Surgery, Interior Policy, Bill Clinton, National Football League
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Unitas fights on in place of legend
Sun reporterSandra Unitas remembers how her husband, John, late in life could barely sign autographs with his once-powerful right hand, much as he tried.She used to find rubber bands strapped to pens he had jury-rigged so he could scrawl his name with a limb --...Tags: Surgery, Head Injuries, Johnny Unitas, National Football League, Justice System
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No apologies from Upshaw
Sun reporterNFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw offered no apologies yesterday for his combative comments about retired players who have criticized him. But, in a rare interview on the subject, Upshaw said he was committed to resolving some of their issues with...Tags: Retirement, Business Enterprises, Bill Clinton, Major League Baseball, Johnny Unitas
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Ex-NFL players address Congress
Sun reporterIt was a day of tears -- but also relief - for retired NFL players who hope their accounts of debilitating football injuries will move Congress to demand reform of a "broken" disability benefits system. "Thank God for Congress. Maybe they're going to...Tags: Cleveland Browns, Retirement, Miami Dolphins, Judges, Johnny Unitas
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NFLPA set to rebut claims
Sun ReporterNFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw says that some retired players' accounts of being rejected for disability benefits are rife with inaccuracies and that the union will begin a new effort today to defend itself. The union will announce a new Web...Tags: Retirement, Business Enterprises, University of Southern California, Bill Clinton, Minnesota Vikings
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The NFL's forgotten players
Sun ReporterDuring 14 years in the NFL, Dick "Night Train" Lane was celebrated for his vicious clothesline hits, his technical skill on the defensive perimeter and his fast-paced lifestyle off it. Few players were bigger in stature -- or better at their job -- than...Tags: Surgery, Interior Policy, National Football League, Bankruptcy, San Francisco 49ers
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NFL players union head Upshaw dies
O, by the WayNFL Players Association head Gene Upshaw died, it was reported earlier this morning. Upshaw was 63 and battling pancreatic cancer.Upshaw's death comes at a tense time for the players union.* NFL owners want to re-open negotiations on a labor agreement...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Matt Stover, National Football League, Baltimore Ravens, Football
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Elusive football lets baseball take steroid hit
During the news conference Thursday in which former Sen. George Mitchell unveiled his 409-page report on baseball's performance-enhancement scandal, I kept waiting for him to announce that he had been hired by the NFL to perform a similar investigation to...Tags: San Diego Chargers, Major League Baseball, Epidemics and Plagues, National Football League, Nike, Inc.
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