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Fenway Park’s PA Announcer Carl Beane Killed in Car Accident

Posted May 9, 2012, 6:00 pm by Tim Ryan (4 Comments)

Terribly sad news in Boston.

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1995 NFC Divisional Playoffs: Green Bay Packers v San Francisco 49ers

Junior Seau Suffered Over 1,500 Concussions, Claims Former Teammate Gary Plummer

Posted May 7, 2012, 1:03 pm by Jason McIntyre (187 Comments)

Plummer is assuming five concussions a game.

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Police: Junior Seau Did Not Leave a Suicide Note

Posted May 2, 2012, 6:40 pm by Jason McIntyre (9 Comments)

Seau was 43.

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Junior Seau’s Emotional Mother: “Take Me, Leave My Son”

Posted May 2, 2012, 4:33 pm by Tim Ryan (67 Comments)

An understandably distraught Luisa Seau met with reporters earlier.

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Ray Easterling, The Lead Plaintiff In the First Concussion Litigation Case Filed Last Year, Committed Suicide

Posted April 22, 2012, 11:15 am by Jason Lisk (1 Comment)

Easterling had been suffering from insomnia and depression for twenty years, and was part of the first lawsuit filed against the NFL.

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Roundup: Tough End to a Great Year for the Jayhawks, Joey Votto is $225 Million Richer & Man Bites Off Bartender’s Finger

Posted April 3, 2012, 8:00 am by Jason McIntyre (271 Comments)

The college basketball season has ended. We’ll send it off with a bang today.

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Amanda Beard Struggled with Bulimia and Self-Mutilation During Her Olympic Medal-Winning Swimming Career

Posted April 2, 2012, 2:35 pm by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (78 Comments)

During her teens and 20′s the clinically depressed Beard became bulimic (an eating disorder characterized by binge eating, then purging), abused drugs and alcohol and began cutting herself with a razor.

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