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NEWS ABOUT: football player

football player stories: 6 news summaries

 NFL Union 
 Boss Rips 
 Rush 'Hatred' 

Exec director urges players to speak up about Limbaugh's potential Rams purchase

Oct 12, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - An email from the head of the NFL players union has blasted a potential purchase of the Rams by Rush Limbaugh, complaining that the right-winger's brand of "hatred and discrimination" have no place in sports. "Sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • football • team • football player

 NFL Stars Donate 
 Brains to Science 

After death, players' brains will be used to help research into concussion injuries

Sep 15, 09 2:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three NFL players have agreed to donate their brains after they die to help scientists better understand sports brain injuries, HealthDay reports. Matt Birk of the Baltimore Ravens, Lofa Tatupu of the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals' Sean Morey are the first active NFL players to join the brain... More »

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NFL • Arizona Cardinals • brain • Baltimore Ravens • concussions • Seattle Seahawks • sports injuries • Lofa Tatupu • chronic traumatic encephalopathy • football player • Matt Birk • Sean Morey

NFL Runs 'Broadcasting Boot Camp' for Aging Players

Intensive course prepares sportscaster hopefuls for being on the other side

Jun 27, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL is teaching two dozen pros nearing the end of their playing days how to tackle a media career in its third annual "Broadcasting Boot Camp," the Washington Post reports. The would-be sportscasters were no strangers to the camera, but many needed extensive coaching from ex-players with... More »

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NFL • broadcasting • sportscaster • football player

(Newser) - As far as usefulness and entertainment value, Michael Rosenberg writes for Fox Sports, the NFL draft, which begins Saturday “is dead.” Inflated rookie contracts mean the worst teams have the privilege of paying exorbitant fees for unproven players. Take the Lions, 0-16 last season. Their “reward for... More »

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entertainment • football • NFL draft • Detroit Lions • salary cap • football player • rookie • Matthew Stafford

(Newser) - The New York Giants have released wide receiver Plaxico Burress 4 months after he shot himself in the leg in a Manhattan nightclub, the New York Daily News reports. “We hung in there as long as we could in hopes that there could be a resolution to this... More »

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NFL • football • New York Giants • Jerry Reese • release • Plaxico Burress • gun injury • football player

 Deaf Athlete Joins NCAA Team 

Trailblazer is determined to break barriers for the deaf

Feb 5, 09 10:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Signing to play football for Baltimore’s Towson University is a big leap for Ryan Bonheyo—and for the Division I program, too, the Washington Post reports: Bonheyo is deaf, and will be the lone such player at Towson and one of very few to earn a scholarship in any... More »

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NCAA football • deaf people • college student • Towson University • football player • Ryan Bonheyo • Gallaudet

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