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Aggression, explosivity linked to multiple concussions in new study
A new study of brains donated after death details the degenerative brain disease that afflicted 68 of 85 subjects who suffered multiple concussions during stints in the military or in organized sports. Among the deceased athletes whose brains were...
Tags: Jovan Belcher, Diseases and Illnesses, National Football League, John Mackey, Head Injuries
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Culleton on Carroll: Teacher pension issue forces tough choices to maintain quality education
Education costs us. Poor education costs us much more. The United States lags most industrial nations in the quality of our primary and secondary education. True, Maryland ranks highest in the 50 states in quality of education by some measures (as...Tags: Interior Policy, Pete Rozelle, Teaching and Learning, Pension and Welfare, College Sports
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Ollie Matson dies at 80; NFL Hall of Famer played on some of the worst Rams teams
Ollie Matson, a remarkably versatile football player who had the misfortune during a 14-year career in the National Football League to play on mostly bad teams, among them some of the worst Los Angeles Rams clubs in history — and made it to the Hall...Tags: African Americans, Elections, Minority Groups, San Francisco 49ers, New Year's Day
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Services for football star Ollie Matson set for March 12
A memorial service for Hall of Fame football player Ollie Matson will be held at 11 a.m. March 12 at the First Baptist Church of Los Angeles, 760 S. Westmoreland Ave.
Matson, who played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1959 to 1962 and also won a silver and...Tags: Sports, Awards and Prizes, Athletes, Summer Olympics, Human Interest
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Family's loss, father's pain
Sun StaffThey watched the Ravens' football playoffs together, muffling their whoops in the hush of a hospital. Les Moore lay propped in bed in the critical care wing, more mindful of the TV than the IV in his arm. Beside him sat his father, Lenny, the Colts'...Tags: Jermaine Lewis, Joe Perry, Murder, Family, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Burl Toler dies at 81; first African American game official in NFL history
Burl Toler, the first African American game official in NFL history, has died. He was 81.
Toler died Sunday at a hospital in Castro Valley, Calif., according to the University of San Francisco. He was a star lineman and linebacker on the Dons' 1951...Tags: African Americans, National Football League, Minority Groups, Cleveland Browns, Basketball
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