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Junior Seau Autopsy: No Drugs, No Brain Damage
KTLA NewsOCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau had no alcohol or illicit drugs in his system when he committed suicide in May. The toxicology results did show use of the sleep aid zolpidem, which is marketed under the name Ambien. But, no traces...Tags: Suicide, NFL Pro Bowl, Football, Medical Procedures and Tests, Ambien (drug)
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Football Dangers: An Increasingly Guilty Pleasure
The Hartford CourantAre you ready for some football? First, however, are you ready for some autopsies? The opening of the NFL training camps coincided with the closing of the investigation into the April suicide by gunshot of Ray Easterling, 62, an eight-season NFL safety...Tags: Medical Research, Junior Seau, Suicide, Mental Health, Football
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Ex-Bear Shaun Gayle sues NFL over head injuries
Tribune reporterFormer Chicago Bears defensive back Shaun Gayle has filed a lawsuit against the National Football League, joining hundreds of former players who say repeated head injuriesthey suffered on the field have produced debilitating health effects. Gayle alleged...Tags: Football, Cook County Government, Chicago Bears, Litigation, Sports
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Duerson family lawsuit could alter NFL
The NFL is in Indianapolis this week for the annual scouting combine.
But the quakes and tremors that shook the league Thursday emanated from a seismic event a little more than 200 miles away.
In the law offices of Corboy & Demetrio on Dearborn Street...Tags: Judges, Troy Aikman, Football, Concussion, Crime, Law and Justice
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Carrier tries to understand deaths of Duerson and Seau
Mark Carrier has lost two former teammates to suicide — Dave Duerson and Junior Seau — over the last 15 months. A hard-hitting 1990 first-round draft pick of the Bears out of USC, Carrier succeeded Duerson after the veteran was released...
Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Suicide, Football, NFL Pro Bowl, Roger Goodell
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Da '85 Bears finally get their trip to da White House
— "This is as much fun as I will have as president of the United States." All presidents resort to hyperbole now and again. But one had the sense President Barack Obama meant it as he stood on the South Lawn of the White House on a sunny Friday...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, White House, Barack Obama, Chicago Bears, Ronald Reagan
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One year later, Duerson's family still coping
On Friday, a mother and her four children will drive to South Bend, Ind., to place flowers by a mausoleum.
They will say a prayer.
They will drive away, break bread, and then they will turn the page.
That is how Alicia Duerson and her children —...Tags: National Football Conference, Football, Barack Obama, White House, George W. Bush
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Police Chief Hurley: 'It's a temporary job'
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- South Bend's interim police chief Chuck Hurley is looking to get comfortable at his new job -- just not too comfortable. Hurley, who was sworn in Friday, reiterated Wednesday that he has no aspirations of taking over the job permanently. He... -
UPDATE: Duerson's family sues NFL over his suicide
![<span style="font-size: small;">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 killed himself last year.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/316040600-23111759.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">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 killed himself last year.</span>")
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: Football, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Litigation, Sports
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Former Chargers linebacker Junior Seau dies in apparent suicide
![Through her tears, Luisa Seau said that there had been no warning of this. How could her son, Junior, who had so much promise in his life and during a glittery football career, want to kill himself? "I don't understand," she wailed.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/69721093-02192431-187105.jpg "Through her tears, Luisa Seau said that there had been no warning of this. How could her son, Junior, who had so much promise in his life and during a glittery football career, want to kill himself? "I don't understand,\" she wailed.")
Through her tears, Luisa Seau said that there had been no warning of this. How could her son, Junior, who had so much promise in his life and during a glittery football career, want to kill himself? "I don't understand," she wailed.
But Seau, 43, a...Tags: Miami Dolphins, Suicide, NFL Pro Bowl, Football, Chicago Bears
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Family: Corwin Brown a victim of football-related head injuries?
![<span style="font-size: small;">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.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/64028218-16210726.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">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.</span>")
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: Assault, Diseases and Illnesses, Football, High School Sports, Sports
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Junior Seau's death the latest in string of NFL suicides
KIAHTragedy strikes yet another NFL. Police say former linebacker Junior Seau was found unconscious with a gunshot wound to his chest Wednesday. The 43-year-old's death is being investigated as a suicide. Former Houston Oilers wide receiver Haywood Jeffries...Tags: Atlanta Falcons, Junior Seau, Suicide, Football, National Football League
Aug 20, 2012
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