sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 27 days ago
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress on Wednesday.
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com - 10/24/2009
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The NFL is holding its annual regular season
game at London's Wembley Stadium Sunday. This year features...
the New England Patriots playing the Tampa Bay Bucs, who are owned by the Glazer family, owners of the English Premier League and European Champion League's defending champion Manchester ...
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Goodell Says London May Get NFL Franchise
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deadspin.com - 27 days ago
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was called to the
national principal's office today to explain to senile Congresspeople...
why football isn't the deadliest game in town. We had some trouble following the testimony because this terrible headache. ...
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Congress Gets Involved In Concussion Debate, Fails To ...
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Goodell stands by approach to head injuries
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... According to the Associated Press, Commissioner Roger Goodell testified to a Congressional committee earlier today, trying hard to stay away from any admission that indicated as much, and defended the league’s approach in investigating the issue. ...
Why Was Jahvid Best Even Playing Against OSU with a Slight Concussion?
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... . The injury comes at a curious time where the NFL was forced to answer to alarming studies that reveal the severity of concussions in governmental hearings. Much of the data suggests concussions impair people later on in life and that there is a greater susceptibility to a second concussion if there hasn’t been enough healing time following the first. After reading that, it makes sense that Best looked so knocked out after his fall (dropping from five-six feet in the air doesn’t help either). ...
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smartfootball.com 27 days ago — F rom The New York Times , reporting on Congressional hearings regarding head-injuries by NFL players:
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