News tagged with nfl players
Sports medicine researcher studies impact of lockouts, warns NBA of injuries
With the National Basketball Association (NBA) training camps now underway, serious injuries may come next. A national sports medicine expert, who published an article in a respected medical journal about ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Vitamin D lower in NFL football players who suffered muscled injuries, study reports
Vitamin D deficiency has been known to cause an assortment of health problems, a recent study being presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in San Diego today, suggests ...
Jul 10, 2011 |
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Most labor unions unlikely to follow decertification path of NFL players
With legislation to diminish private- and public-sector collective bargaining rights already in the books in Wisconsin and Ohio, should more labor unions steal a page from the playbook of the NFL Players Association and decertify? ...
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May 25, 2011 |
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Brain docs raise concussion alarm for kids' sports
(AP) -- The risk of concussions from football and some other sports is so serious that a qualified athletic trainer should always be on the field - at adult and children's games, and even at practice, a major ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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NFL players with concussions now sidelined longer
NFL players with concussions now stay away from the game significantly longer than they did in the late 1990s and early 2000s, according to research in Sports Health. The mean days lost with concussion increased from 1.92 d ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Taking fantasy football strategy to the next level
The fantasy football season's outcome is often decided before real NFL players take the field for meaningful games. Separating your team from the crowd takes analysis -- based in logic, math, and knowledge ...
Sep 01, 2010 |
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One-third of NFL players with Achilles tendon injuries sidelined
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (January 12, 2010) More than a third of National Football League (NFL) players who sustained an Achilles tendon injury were never able to return to professional ...
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Member of NFL Hall of Fame diagnosed with degenerative brain disease
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that a recently deceased member of the NFL Hall of Fame suffered from the degenerative brain disease ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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John Madden welcomes Favre, Vick to his video game
(AP) -- It's been a busy week in professional football, with a couple of big, controversial stars - Brett Favre and Michael Vick - joining NFL rosters. No worries, though, for John Madden, because both men ...
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Yahoo, NFL players union settle lawsuit
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. and the NFL Players Association have reached a settlement over use of players' statistics, photos and other data in Yahoo's popular online fantasy football game, but details were not immediately available ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Yahoo sues NFL Players Association over data (Update)
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has sued the NFL Players Association, claiming it shouldn't have to pay royalties to use players' statistics, photos and other data in its popular online fantasy football game because the ...
Jun 03, 2009 |
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NFL players promoting improved physical education
(AP) -- NFL players are coming to Capitol Hill to tackle an important issue - physical education in schools.
Mar 19, 2009 |
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