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49ers benching of Alex Smith raises issues of fairness in NFL

Source: Belleville News-Democrat, Dec 10 2012, 7:27am CST

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Facing a flood of lawsuits from former players and confronted by troubling new brain research about the long-term toll of head trauma, the NFL is doing more to protect players. But as Alex Smith found out, at least one aspec ...

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5 Washington Redskins Players Who Need to Perform Well 2013

Source: Rant Sports | May 25 2013, 6:52pm CDT

There’s plenty of blame to go around for the miserable 2013 season the New Jersey Devils put together. You can start with the coach that failed to hold it together when injuries to Martin Brodeur and Ilya Kovalchuk sent the ...

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May draft date keeps NFL on sports radar all year

Source: New Haven Register | May 25 2013, 2:37pm CDT

As NFL owners met in Boston this week, taking care of league business such as selecting future Super Bowl sites, another whisper made the rounds: Is America's most powerful game growing even stronger? Commi ...

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"We all know football is a game of attrition. But Alex's career may have completely changed on one play, and nobody yet can really say what the long-term effects would be if he had kept playing"

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360° Coverage : 49ers benching of Alex Smith raises issues of fairness in NFL

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