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Foxworth's focus was on improving player safety
From the beginning of the labor fight with NFL owners, the rallying cry for Domonique Foxworth focused on health and safety issues — protecting players from the inherent violence of the game.
When the two sides finally raised a flag of truce...Tags: Strikes, Athletes, National Football League, Career and Workplace, John Harbaugh
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Eagles' Peters taking salary cut is all wrong
Jason Peters could have just as well tried pole-vaulting over a barbed-wire fence or wrestling a startled grizzly bear. Because in the bold, flawed, tragic language of the new collective bargaining agreement, hastily reviewed by locked-out athletes and...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, LeSean McCoy, National Football League, Career and Workplace, Health
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NFL lockout continues; players weigh proposal
NFL owners unlocked the doors Thursday, but the players aren't ready to enter just yet.
Hours after owners overwhelmingly approved a conditional end to the 4-month-old lockout, the players refused to vote on the proposed 10-year collective bargaining...Tags: Athletes, Strikes, National Football League, Career and Workplace, Le'Ron McClain
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Similarities abound when looking at Ravens and Patriots
In 2007, Steve Bisciotti made his first major decision as the majority owner of the Baltimore Ravens. He fired Brian Billick, in part because the team had just gone 5-11 to miss the playoffs for the third time in four years, but also because he wanted...Tags: Documentary (genre), Ed Reed, John Harbaugh, American Football Conference, Steve Bisciotti
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Legendary Colts tight end John Mackey dies at 69
John Mackey changed the game of football on and off the field. The former Baltimore Colt brought grace to a position that had been known for its brutality, and he made the first real headway in the NFL players' fight to earn a more equal share of the pie....Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Athletes, Detroit Lions, Unions, Baltimore Colts
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'Madden,' concussions and the looming NFL player safety issue
UPDATE: I just received an email response from Cam Weber, GM of American Football for EA Sports. He writes: “In order to depict the seriousness of concussions, when a player is injured in a Madden NFL game, they will be tended to by the medical...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, National Football League, Head Injuries, Pat Summerall, Health
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Taylor ready to prove he can be a QB in the NFL
Former Virginia Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor, drafted by Baltimore in the sixth round this year, has a few things in common with Ravens fans right now.
He doesn't know when training camp is going to begin, but he is anxious for it to get here.
"I'm...Tags: Athletes, Strikes, Troy Smith, National Football League, Career and Workplace
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Josh Wilson one of many Ravens free agents waiting for end to lockout
The NFL players' leadership is expected to recommend the labor deal Monday, which would move the league one step closer to ending the lockout.
According to an ESPN report, the league and the players have reached an agreement on the remaining issues in...Tags: Athletes, Strikes, Chris Carr, National Football League, Ed Reed
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NFL, players reportedly close to clearing two major hurdles in labor dispute
Negotiators for the NFL and its players are near an agreement on rookie pay, clearing a major obstacle toward reaching a new labor accord and reopening football a week before training camps are scheduled to start, three people familiar with the talks...Tags: Strikes, Athletes, Television, National Football League, Career and Workplace
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NFL agreement nearing completion; players could vote Monday
NFL owners and players have tentatively agreed to a plan that would allow for the players' executive committee to vote Monday to recommend accepting the collective bargaining agreement and end the league's 4-month-old lockout, according to multiple...Tags: Anquan Boldin, Strikes, Athletes, National Football League, Brendon Ayanbadejo
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Browns will not be disciplined by NFL for handling of Colt McCoy concussion
The Browns will not be disciplined by the NFL for their handling of the Colt McCoy concussion injury in Pittsburgh on Dec. 8, according to league spokesman Greg Aiello.
The Browns put McCoy back in the game without testing for a concussion.
The NFLPA...Tags: National Football League, Colt McCoy, Cleveland Browns
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Roger Goodell, DeMaurice Smith to speak at Mackey memorial
Two of the most influential men in the National Football League, commissioner Roger Goodell and players’ association executive director DeMaurice Smith, are scheduled to speak at a memorial service Saturday for John Mackey, the former Baltimore Colt...Tags: John Mackey, National Football League, Bill Curry, Football, Politics
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