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[TRENDING NEWS] Read the Proposed N.F.L. Concussion Settlement

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: October 22, 2021 at 01:56AM Lawyers for the N.F.L. and former players filed a settlement agreement in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia that eliminates race as a consideration in evaluating dementia claims by former players.

[TRENDING NEWS] Irv Cross, First Black Network TV Sports Analyst, Dies at 81

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Author: BY RICHARD SANDOMIR - Publish Date: March 2, 2021 at 07:14AM After playing defensive back in the N.F.L., he made history when he joined CBS Sports’ pregame show, “The NFL Today.”

[TRENDING NEWS] More American Troops Sustain Brain Injuries From Iran Missile Strike in Iraq

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Author: BY THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF - Publish Date: January 31, 2020 at 07:07AM The number, which has steadily increased since the Jan. 8 attack, is now at 64.

[TRENDING NEWS] His Mind Fading, a Former Football Star Wonders but Cannot Know

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Author: BY MICHAEL POWELL - Publish Date: October 29, 2019 at 06:55AM T.J. Abraham played high school and college football, then became a doctor. He quit when his brain began to fail him.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Concussion Crisis in Australian Rules Football

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Author: BY KEN BELSON - Publish Date: September 27, 2019 at 09:23AM It’s a brutal game, and retired players are suffering the consequences of hits to the head. But the league there is following a familiar playbook, one used by the N.F.L.

[TRENDING NEWS] At Colorado, a Breach in Football’s Wall

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Author: MICHAEL POWELL - Publish Date: April 18, 2019 at 07:00AM The University of Colorado has come closer than most institutions to wrestling with an urgent question: Is running a college football program morally unconscionable?

[TRENDING NEWS] A Giant Laid Low by Too Many Blows to the Head

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Author: MICHAEL POWELL - Publish Date: April 17, 2019 at 07:00AM “Some days I feel like a young man, and some days not,” Ryan Miller said. What it’s like to visit a former football player trying to recover from head trauma.

[TRENDING NEWS] How to Tackle Someone

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Author: MALIA WOLLAN - Publish Date: February 26, 2019 at 07:00AM Leave your head out of it. Lead with a shoulder and aim low.

[TRENDING NEWS] I Quit Watching Football Because It Harms Players. Can I Still Keep Up With My Team?

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Author: KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH - Publish Date: January 29, 2019 at 07:00AM The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on balancing the negative effects of football against support for your team, and IVF against adoption.