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Carrier tries to understand deaths of Duerson and Seau
Mark Carrier has lost two former teammates to suicide — Dave Duerson and Junior Seau — over the last 15 months. A hard-hitting 1990 first-round draft pick of the Bears out of USC, Carrier succeeded Duerson after the veteran was released...
Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Fines, Cincinnati Bengals, National Football League, New Orleans Saints
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Bill Walton never takes a timeout from talking
In a week when you thought you might have heard it all, I present to you Bill Walton speaking to USC students and bashing UCLA basketball. "I never knew they had pretty girls here at USC," began Walton, one of UCLA's all-time greats, after being...
Tags: Super Bowl, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, College Sports, National Basketball Association, Arizona Wildcats
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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: Super Bowl, Phil McGraw, Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ers, National Football League
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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: Super Bowl, Services and Shopping, National Football League, Broken Bones, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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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: Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens, Judges, San Francisco 49ers, National Football League
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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: Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens, National Football League, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Michael McCaskey
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Seau lawsuit adds to NFL empire in disarray
How is that State of the Union speech working out for you, Mr. Goodell? Just days before the signature sporting event in the United Football States of America, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reigns over an empire in disarray. The family of Junior Seau...
Tags: Super Bowl, Laws, Symptoms, National Football League, Jim McMahon
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Urlacher and Bears must reach understanding
This is how ugly starts. The aging star has one year left on his contract. He wants a new deal. The team doesn't want to give him one. He talks up the merits of free agency. Next thing you know, Brian Urlacher is a Cardinal. Or a Seahawk. Or a...
Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Emmitt Smith, Physical Conditions, Mike Ditka, Brian Urlacher
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Bounties, Seau's death shine spotlight on head injuries
Growing up in Sacramento, Bears linebacker Lance Briggs found inspiration from a fellow Californian who threw his No. 55 jersey around with reckless abandon the way Briggs eventually would. Imagine Briggs' thrill when he finally got the chance to have...
Tags: Jonathan Vilma, National Football League, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, New Orleans Saints, Rush University Medical Center
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In Ed Reed case, NFL plays more head games
An initial response to Ed Reed's one-game suspension this week was a shrug. It didn't really matter, anyway. His Baltimore Ravens are playing the San Diego Chargers on Sunday. It got sillier as other reactions poured in. Baltimore Sun columnist Mike...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Baltimore Ravens, Fines, Michael Vick, National Football League
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2012: A Year For Skepticism In Sports
The Hartford CourantWith varying degrees of failure over a decade and a half, I have used my Half-baked Jake, ellipsis-pocked humor for my year-in-review, year-in-preview column. For example … In the Year 2012, Gabby Douglas showed us that a squirrel could fly. In...Tags: Victor Cruz, Bryant Gumbel, College Sports, Head Injuries, Cycling
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Sorry Chargers, fans owe nothing to their NFL teams
Do fans owe their support to teams? It's a question frequently debated on great sports talk shows (such as, oh I don't know, say The Beat of Sports, hosted by Marc Daniels from 9 a.m. to noon weekdays on 740 the Game). Bill Johnston thinks so. Who's...
Tags: Cancer, Bill Johnston, Ray Rice, National Football League, Jay Cutler
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Oct 27, 2012
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