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Survey: Retired NFLers Suffer Ongoing Pain; Most Do Not Recommend Kids Play Sport05 / 20 / 13A survey of retired NFLers "found that nearly nine in 10 report suffering from aches and pains on a daily basis, and they overwhelmingly -- 91 percent -- connect nearly all their pains to football," according to Jenkins, Maese & Clement of the WASHINGTON POST. The newspaper's online survey of mo... Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, NFL |
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Montreal Group Launches Baseball Franchise Study
Former MLBer and Montreal Baseball Project Founder & President Warren Cromartie, whose group aims to “bring the major leagues back to the city,” said that he will “know soon whether fans and the business community really want it,” according to Bill Beacon of the CP. The ...
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Pro Bowl Stays; Changes Coming?
The NFL Pro Bowl will return to Aloha Stadium next year, but Hawaii's "nearly exclusive hold on the NFL all-star game over four decades may be loosening," according to Ferd Lewis of the HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell yesterday at the conclusion of the league's owners meetin ...
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Seahawks Carroll Weighs In On NFL In L.A.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the fact that former AEG President & CEO Tim Leiweke is no longer involved in the push to bring the NFL back to L.A. is “definitely a setback," according to Sam Farmer of the L.A. TIMES. Carroll: “He’s been an extraordinary factor in t ...
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NHLers To Vote On Mandatory Visors
NHL players yesterday made the "first significant move" during the league's GM meetings, "acknowledging that safety is an issue and agreeing to take the matter of mandatory visors for players coming into the league to a vote," according to Kevin McGran of the TORONTO STAR. Under the proposed idea, c ...
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LPGA Feeling Whan's Impact
LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan's “force of personality and business acumen” has made a “a huge impact" in his three full seasons at the helm, according to Tod Leonard of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. Since Whan took the position, there are “more tournaments, better TV e ...
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NBA Poised For Growth In India?
Warriors Vice Chair Vivek Ranadivé believes India "could be the new China" for the NBA, according to Peter Vanham of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Ranadivé said, "Basketball has everything to succeed in India: it can be played everywhere, by everyone, and it has star power. Worldwide, basketbal ...
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League Notes
SI's Tom Verducci cites sources as saying that MLB “could play opening games in Australia next season and in the Netherlands” in ’15. Sources also said that the league is “studying a possible Yankees-Red Sox game in London and a training academy in Italy.” MLB Commissio ...
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Pro Bowl Compensation, Selection Up For Discussion
The future of the Pro Bowl and “structural changes to the financial awards and selection of teams are on the table” at the NFL owners meeting in Phoenix this week, according to a source cited by Albert Breer of NFL.com. The source said that the NFL is “considering breaking up the c ...
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49ers York Claims NFLPA Made Up Survey
The NFLPA lashed out yesterday at the NFL over comments made by 49ers co-Owner & Chair John York that suggested the union made up a survey of players that showed them overwhelmingly mistrusting team doctors. The union in a statement said, "Coming from an organization that denied Joe Montana's wo ...
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Most MLB Owners Reportedly Favor Axing Pension Plans
MLB owners are “moving toward eliminating the pension plans of all personnel not wearing big league uniforms,” according to sources cited by Adam Rubin of ESPN N.Y. The first “attempt to do so, initiated last year by a small-market owner, never came to a vote” after White Sox ...
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