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Death of NFL inevitable as middle class abandons the game
To witness the death of the multi-billion dollar National Football League, you really don't need to see sportswriters wringing their hands over the moral
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ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trauma on Field
Ed Cunningham, who called games for ESPN and ABC, said: “I just don’t think the game is safe for the brain. To me, it’s unacceptable.”
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NFL community mourns passing of Mitchell Henry after he dies of leukemia at age 24
He played for Ravens, Packers, and Broncos in his brief career as an NFL tight end.
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The Case of the Missing Brady Jersey
Chapter 1. “We have a situation,” the lieutenant began. His call interrupted my second nightcap. “I’m listening,” I said. “A football jersey has gone missing.” I swallowed and let out a low whistle. “The owner is one Tom Brady,” he said. “A.k.a. husband of Gisele Bündchen, New England Patriots quarterback and most valuable player of tonight’s Super Bowl. Ring any bells?”
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Trial set for ex-NFL star in 2012 killings
While his former team prepares for yet another Super Bowl appearance on Sunday, former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez and his lawyers are instead gearing up for their next courtroom battle. Hernandez already is serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, and next month he will be tried in the 2012 killings of two men in Boston. Jury selection will begin on February 13, with testimony scheduled to start on March 1. Hernandez, 27, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of first-degree murder.
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Alabama-Washington, Clemson-Ohio State Set for Playoff Semis
In the end, the top four teams entering the conference championship games held their berths in the College Football Playoff.
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The debate sacks football on Internet TV
American football, which dominates US television, has met its match: The Clinton-Trump debate.
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Stampeders confirm death of player Mylan Hicks
The Calgary Stampeders say defensive back Mylan Hicks died on Sunday morning. He was 23.
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Navy pulls freshman QB Malcolm Perry from stands to play in game
Playing quarterback at Navy isn't a job, but it's sometimes an adventure. After starting quarterback Tago Smith injured his right knee in the first half of Saturday's 52-16 victory against FCS opponent Fordham, the Midshipmen pulled freshman Malcolm Perry out of the stands. Perry, listed as the team's No. 4 quarterback after preseason camp, was wearing his uniform whites while sitting in the brigade at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
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N.F.L.’s Flawed Concussion Research and Ties to Tobacco Industry
An investigation by The New York Times raises questions about the league’s concussion research and its relationship with the tobacco industry. By Alan Schwarz, Walt Bogdanich and Jacqueline Williams. (Mar. 24)
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NFL looking at game in China as early as 2018
The NFL's owners want to keep expanding their sport's reach around the globe, and they have discussed the possibility of playing games in China, Germany and Brazil, among other countries. "International is a big push right now," New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch said Monday at the owners meetings here.
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NFL lineman gives $10k to marijuana research, urges league to match donation
Current NFL star Eugene Monroe is leading the league in medical marijuana advocacy. The Baltimore Ravens lineman took to Twitter on Monday urging fellow players and commissioner Roger Goodell to match a $10,000 donation towards marijuana research, ESPN reports.
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Ohio Workers Take Pride in Making Super Bowl Footballs
Every point scored in an NFL game since 1941 has been with a Wilson football.
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Deep Inside The Wide World Of Football Porn
Maybe you support Cam Newton and the Panthers. Maybe you root for Peyton Manning and the Broncos. Maybe you don’t know, don’t care, and won’t watch Super Bowl 50 this Sunday. No worries, friend: There is always porn. Internet Rule 34 states, “If it exists, there is porn of it,” but football didn’t need the web to get its porn gloss. “I think football porn has been a thing as long as there has been football,” says Robert Rosen, author of Beaver Street...
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50th Super Bowl: Manning's Broncos Face Newton's Panthers
Focus on QBs until Manning's Denver Broncos face Newton's Carolina Panthers in 50th Super Bowl
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A Peek Inside a Dead Football Player’s Brain
The brains that come through Ann McKee’s lab don’t lie. But they are only the beginning of the story about head trauma and its role in neurodegenerative disease.
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Autopsy finds concussion-related brain changes in 25-year-old former football player
Researchers have found the hallmarks of chronic traumatic encephalopathy throughout the brain of a 25-year-old former college football player who sustained more than 10 concussions during about 16 years on the gridiron.
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TCU completes 31-point comeback in 3OT Alamo Bowl win over Oregon
After trailing Oregon 31–0 at halftime of the Alamo Bowl, the TCU Horned Frogs staged an incredible rally, scoring 31 unanswered points of their own to match the largest comeback in bowl-game...
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Ring in the New Year with Citrus, Fiesta, Rose, and Sugar Bowls
The New Year's Day slate of games features some great matchups, highlighted by the Fiesta Bowl between Ohio State and Notre Dame.
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We Have a Lot to Learn About How Concussions Lead to CTE
Better concussion diagnostics will give scientists and physicians a more detailed understanding of brain injury.
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