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Rice hasn't played in the NFL since he was suspended in 2014 following a domestic-violence incident.

After signing a two-year deal during the first week of free agency, veteran tight end Benjamin Watson plans to join his Ravens teammates on April 18.

If you're a parent of a child who wants to play football, and you avoid the movie "Concussion" the way the NFL wants you to avoid it, then you're avoiding reality, says John Kass.

Criticized for years for not addressing a concussion problem that could threaten the sport's future, the NFL is working now to get ahead of it, changing rules to minimize the injuries and funding research into new technologies at Aberdeen Proving Ground and elsewhere through a competition sponsored by Under Armour and General Electric.

John Mackey comes to mind for a number of reasons this week, not the least of which is that football made its official return here in Carroll. After 10 seasons in the NFL, he was elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame and later he took over as the president of the players' union. where he fought for player free agency and improved pension benefits. But it was in his later years where Mackey fought his greatest opponent when he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a disease he contracted