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Kings take 2-0 series lead over Sharks with 4-3 comeback victory
Kings 4, Sharks 3 (final) The Los Angeles Kings have taken a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series against the San Jose Sharks by scoring twice in a 22-second span in the final minutes of Game 2 on Thursday night at Staples Center. The...
Tags: Robyn Regehr, Tommy Wingels, Antti Niemi, Ice Hockey, Stanley Cup Playoffs
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NHL suspends Raffi Torres for rest of Sharks-Kings series
San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres was suspended for the remainder of his team’s Western Conference semifinal playoff series against the Kings -- a ban of up to six games -- for what the NHL judged was an illegal hit to the head of Kings center...
Tags: Ice Hockey, Sports, Jarret Stoll, Raffi Torres, Western Conference (NHL)
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Is the media to blame for the brain injuries of hockey players?
Why is hockey such a violent and dangerous sport? Medical researchers from Canada have an answer: Blame the media. “Media reports of an issue such as TBI in sport can contribute to an altered culture,” they write in a study published...
Tags: Ice Hockey, Chicago Tribune, Medical Research, Sports, Science and Technology
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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: Greg LeMond, Tour de France
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UCLA offensive lineman Greg Capella takes a medical retirement
UCLA opened spring practice Tuesday without Greg Capella, who will not return to the Bruins because of concussion-related issues. He will take a medical retirement Capella, who would have been a senior this fall, missed most of the 2012 season after...
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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: Employment Opportunities, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Labor Legislation, Lawyers
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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: San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Randy Moss, Chicago Bears, Ray Lewis
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Travis Wear to miss UCLA's game against Arizona State
UCLA forward Travis Wear will not play against Arizona State on Saturday after suffering a concussion against Arizona. Wear was injured in the first half, when Arizona’s Grant Jerrett inadvertently hit him with an elbow. He is the Bruins' third...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Tiger Woods
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Study finds chronic brain damage in retired football players
Doctors have discovered a way for professional football players to see how much damage their brains have suffered through a bruising career before it’s too late, according to a new study. UCLA researchers led a team of scientists that used a...
Tags: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Sports, Science and Technology, Medical Research, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Cyclist suffers major head trauma in crash with car
L.A. NOWA motorist hit and severely injured a cyclist in Costa Mesa on Monday, police said. The 26-year-old driver, whose identity is being withheld, of a 2009 Toyota Corolla hit the 40-year-old cyclist from behind in the 1200 block of Victoria...... -
Hillary Clinton expected to make full recovery from blood clot
WASHINGTON – The blood clot that led to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s hospitalization on Sunday is lodged in a vein behind her right ear, her doctors disclosed in a statement late Monday. The doctors said the clot, called a...
Tags: Thrombosis , Viral Diseases and Infections, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Stroke
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Ryan Freel dies; former Reds star was 36
Ryan Freel, a former Cincinnati Reds player, was found dead Saturday of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Jacksonville, Fla., according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Freel, 36, retired after the 2009 season after a series...
Tags: Sean Casey, Injuries and Wounds, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Ryan Freel
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