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It's far too soon for Cup talk, but Hawks look good
I'm going to leave it to Joel Quenneville and his players to remind you "it's still early" in this NHL season. It's true the Blackhawks aren't going to win the Stanley Cup this month. And they didn't get any closer to a title with their 3-2 overtime...
Tags: Sports, Phoenix Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars, National Hockey League
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Too many around Bears just don't get it
Without hesitation or apology Thursday at Halas Hall, Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher admitted again that he would lie about having a concussion to stay in a game. The irony was you admired Urlacher's honesty. In the midst of Chicago's weeklong...
Tags: Sports, National Football League, Danieal Manning, Chicago Park District, Lovie Smith
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Edgy's football blog | Progress being made on concussion front, so no need for law
First-year Johnsburg football coach Mike Maloney has been around the game for most of his life — first as a standout player at Joliet Catholic, then at Illinois and finally at the high school level again as a head coach at Joliet Central and now...
Tags: Sports, High Schools, High School Sports, Illinois High School Association, Health and Safety at School
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Let these new bike helmets go to your head
I should be dead, twice. The fact that I'm not — or even brain-damaged (I think) — is due to the helmets I wore while being hit by a car and slamming head-first into a mountain trail. By design, their foam shells cracked instead of my skull,...
Tags: Tour de France, Greg LeMond
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Women's lacrosse: A blow to the elegant game
Women's lacrosse has been warning its people for years: Dial it back, or they will make us wear helmets. Coaches, players and referees knew that if their elegant game got rough, the powers that be would impose helmets. Goggles were required in 2005, and...Tags: Sports, Injuries and Wounds, National Hockey League, Alzheimer's Disease, Lacrosse
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Pro sports leagues aim to put workers' comp out of play
One would think that we've learned from bitter experience not to trust a word uttered by our major professional sports leagues. Yet here they are trying to put another howler over on us. This is their assertion that retired pro athletes — many...
Tags: Sports, National Football League, San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders, Alzheimer's Disease
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Baseball is not a collision sport
The National Football League is taking steps to minimize the risk of concussions and other head injuries. So is the National Hockey League. So is Major League Baseball -- but it can do more without hurting the game. Baseball long ago cracked down on...
Tags: Gold Glove Awards, Sports, Baseball, Injuries and Wounds, National Hockey League
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Should we let our sons play football?
It's Super Bowl Sunday, and by kickoff I'll have a pot of chili on the stove and a couple of beer mugs chilling in the freezer. I'll sit down with the rest of the nation to watch over-hyped commercials and Beyoncé's redemption from "lip-syncgate." Oh,...
Tags: National Football League, Sports, Barack Obama, Alzheimer's Disease, Super Bowl
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Foles is evolving faster than anyone thought
— Nick Foles' improvisational skills are approaching Coltrane-quality, blending instinct within a sound structure that's starting to make some interesting music. The Philadelphia Eagles' rookie quarterback struck back-to-back winning notes to...
Tags: Michael Vick, Stanley Havili, Sports, Jason Avant, Mike Patterson
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Quarterback situation has doomed Eagles to failure
— After 12 games, 29 turnovers and eight losses, the Eagles' identity as a team that cannot win without quarterback Michael Vick has been firmly established. The problem is that they can no longer win with him, either. For a team that relies so...Tags: Michael Vick, National Football League, Donovan McNabb, Washington Redskins, Kevin Kolb
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Alex Smith handles demotion like a Super Bowl champion
NEW ORLEANS — Barely two months ago, Alex Smith stood alone under center as the NFL's hottest starting quarterback for one of its best teams. One concussion later, he is lost in the crowd. At the San Francisco 49ers' Super Bowl media day this...
Tags: National Football League, Sports, Bill Plaschke, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears
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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: Suicide, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Ed Reed, Alzheimer's Disease, Judges
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