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Te'o reacts to being drafted by Chargers
Shortly after being selected with the 38th overall selection in this year’s draft, Manti Te’o spoke with Chargers.com for a wide ranging interview. Here’s what he had to say: Chargers.com: So when did you realize you were going to be...Tags: National Football League, Football, Sports
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Are the Ravens now the Patriots of the Mid-Atlantic?
I couldn’t help but notice a couple of trends with the Ravens’ four offseason additions so far. First, the Ravens signed four players who were cut by other teams this past offseason. Why is that significant, other than the chips they might...
Tags: Rodney Harrison, Elvis Dumervil, National Football League, Ozzie Newsome, Cary Williams
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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: National Football League, Trials, Super Bowl, San Diego Chargers, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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On eve of Super Bowl, football caught between a rock and hard tackle
One afternoon in early January, I took a tour of the refurbished Memorial Stadium in Berkeley with a pair of architects from the firm HNTB. For me it was a visit brimming with nostalgia: I grew up about three miles north of the stadium, in the Berkeley...
Tags: Arts and Culture, National Football League, Soldier Field, CBS Corp., Super Bowl
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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: Baseball, National Football League, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl
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Rodney Harrison is 'scared to death' after suffering concussions
Rodney Harrison, the former all-pro safety for the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots, said he's scared for his future after sustaining numerous concussions during his playing days. "I'm scared to death," Harrison said in an interview with...
Tags: Rodney Harrison, National Football League, Bob Costas, Baltimore Ravens, Super Bowl
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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: Concussion, National Football League, Super Bowl, Bernard Pollard, Ed Reed
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NFL players react to Obama's opinions on football
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs respects and understands President Barack Obama's opinion about the dangers of football — and hesitation about having a child play. The hard-hitting 2011 Defensive Player of the...
Tags: Jack Harbaugh, Matt Birk, National Football League, Baltimore Ravens, National Institutes of Health
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Head injuries and the NFL
Medical researchers recently confirmed what many had already suspected. Junior Seau, the former NFL linebacker who killed himself last spring, suffered from degenerative brain disease -- most likely the result of multiple hits to the head accumulated...
Tags: National Football League, Tribune Tower, Football, Chicago Bears, Super Bowl
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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, National Football League, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Ray Lewis
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President Obama tackles NCAA on concussion safety
President Barack Obama believes the NCAA should do more to make college football safer for the student-athletes involved. In a sit-down interview with the New Republic, the President talked about being a big football fan, but has doubts about the...
Tags: College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Football, Health and Safety at School, College Football
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Junior Seau's family sues NFL
LOS ANGELES -- The family of former San Diego Chargers star Junior Seau, who killed himself last year, sued the NFL on Wednesday, saying that brain damage he suffered during his 20 years in the league led to his suicide. Seau's children and ex-wife,...
Tags: Concussion, National Football League, Chicago Bears, National Institutes of Health, Trials
Apr 26, 2013
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Jan 31, 2013
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Jan 23, 2013
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