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Current NFL Player Considering Coming Out
Mike Freeman | CBSsports.com March 25, 2013 A current NFL player is reportedly close to coming out as being gay. To date there has never been an openly gay athlete in a major U.S.
Read More »NFL Players Recognize the Potential for Serious Injury, So Does The President
By JIM LITKE | AP January 29, 2013 With the Super Bowl fast approaching the NFL cannot escape the rising concerns over the safety of the game. Safety concerns are not only prevalent at
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NFL continues raking in money despite concussion concerns and dropping attendance
By Chris Isidore | CNN Money February 1, 2013 With the Super Bowl (the pinnacle of American marketing, if not sports) complete, the NFL continues to assert its economic dominance. Even with the wave
Read More »Former NFL Star Thomas Jones Wants His Own Brain Studied
By Sarah Hoye | CNN February 2, 2013 Former NFL journeyman Thomas Jones is looking to have his brain studied after death. At only 34, he can feel the effects of a long playing
Read More »Ed Reed Says Head Injuries May Not Be So Serious
With the Super Bowl taking place in New Orleans this weekend, there has been much talk about the recurring head injury issues in the NFL. In an interview, Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports reports
Read More »Player poll: Roger Goodell unpopular
ESPN.com news services January 28, 2013 A recent poll shows that the majority of NFL players are unsatisfied with NFL commissioner Roger Goddell. Of the 300 players that were interviewed 61% cited dissatisfaction with
Read More »The AFL, Concussions & Brain Disease
Matt Thompson | AFL.com.au January 24, 2013 Despite new evidence from the United States, AFL medical commissioner Dr. Peter Harcourt remains skeptical about the relationship between concussions and the development of brain disease.
Read More »Barack Obama on the Violence of Football
BY Frankin Foer and Chris Hughes | News Republic January 27, 2013 President Obama sits down for an interview to discuss key issues the country is facing at the outset of his second term
Read More »The True Cost of the New Marlins Stadium
Barry Petchesky | Miami Herald January 24, 2013 The Miami Marlins new stadium was funded in part by using money provided by Miami-Dade County. As part of the deal Miami-Dade borrowed more than $400
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Key hearing to set course for concussion-related lawsuit against NFL
Sports and Society Administrator April 9, 2013 0Gary Mihoces | USA TODAY Sports April 7, 2013 Our very own program officer, Robert Boland was quoted in this USA Today article regarding NFL head injuries. “This really is the structural ballgame. If
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