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Head injury awareness grows
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Awareness is growing about the long-term danger of concussions and other head injuries, but there is still much that needs to be studied, according to two physicians who regularly treat such cases. One thing is clear: "Athletes should never...Tags: Chicago Bears, General Practitioners, Football, Medical Procedures and Tests, Head
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UPDATE: Duerson's family sues NFL over his suicide
CHICAGO (AP) — The family of former Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson filed a wrongful death suit against the NFL on Thursday, claiming the league didn't do enough to prevent or treat the concussions that severely damaged his brain before he...Tags: Chicago Bears, Football, Trials, Alzheimer's Disease, Injuries and Wounds
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Family: Corwin Brown a victim of football-related head injuries?
SOUTH BEND — In a statement issued through a family friend Tuesday, the family of Corwin Brown thanked friends, former teammates, coaches and police who helped save his life.
"Corwin inflicted the most serious harm to himself and his family with...Tags: Brain, Football, Athletes, Crimes, National Football League
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Corwin Brown's family issues statement following police standoff
In a statement released a statement to the media Tuesday afternoon, Corwin Brown’s family tried to explain what caused the former Notre Dame coach and NFL player to spiral into a near seven-hour standoff with police last Friday afternoon.
The...Tags: Football, New York Jets, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, Crimes
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Football's concussion problem: What if the game is doing irrevocable harm?
South Bend Tribune Staff Writer(First of two parts) They crash together with ferocity. Helmets collide. Teeth clench. Feet pound. It is practice day for the Granger Rocket Football league, and the gathered boys - ages 9, 10, 11, 12 - are going through the standard tackling and...Tags: Chicago Bears, Brain, Detroit Lions, Medical Procedures and Tests, Alzheimer's Disease
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Former Notre Dame All-American Duerson found dead in Miami
Former Notre Dame football and Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson was found dead Thurday night at his Miami home.
The coroner confirmed Duerson's death but did give a cause. Right now police are calling this an "unclassified death." They are waiting on...Tags: Sports, Multi-Sport Events, Super Bowl
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Tribune's Pompei wins prestigious McCann Award
Tribune ReporterDan Pompei, the Tribune’s Bears/NFL columnist, has been selected as the 2013 winner of the prestigious Dick McCann Memorial Award for distinguished reporting and will be honored during enshrinement week ceremonies in August at the Pro Football...Tags: Chicago Bears, Football, Columbia College Chicago, USA Today, Suicide
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Girls soccer | With help of father, Francis Parker's Fencik making difference on concussion front
Evan Fencik has the talent to play Division I soccer. If she didn't, Francis Parker probably wouldn't have played for the school's first state championship in any sport Saturday night. But the daughter of former Bears great Gary Fencik chose Division...
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American football industry is on its deathbed
With all that college beef on parade this week, the NFL draft is a wonder of sports marketing, a televised pageant for the multibillion-dollar American football industry. But there's something football fans should know: Football is dead in America....
Tags: Chicago Bears, NFL Draft, Football, Adrian Arrington, Suicide
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Dave Duerson e-book added to our virtual shelves
DigitalPlus members now can revisit the tragic story of a late football star who had helped the 1985 Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl victory. The Chicago Tribune’s latest e-book, “Duerson: Triumph, Trauma and Tragedy in the NFL,” tells the...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Football, Sports, National Football League, Super Bowl
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On eve of Super Bowl, football caught between a rock and hard tackle
One afternoon in early January, I took a tour of the refurbished Memorial Stadium in Berkeley with a pair of architects from the firm HNTB. For me it was a visit brimming with nostalgia: I grew up about three miles north of the stadium, in the Berkeley...
Tags: Chicago Bears, University of Utah, Football, Television Industry, Suicide
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Big holes in the NFL safety net for former players like Bob Zeman
LA JOLLA — Bob Zeman will do the same as millions Sunday. He will grab the remote, find an easy chair and turn on the Super Bowl. "I still like the drama of the game," he says. He won't exactly be a fan. More like an observer. He knows too much...Tags: Junior Seau, Football, Phil McGraw, National Football League, San Diego Chargers
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