Tag: nfl
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Ex-NFL star Gault is fined in SEC fraud case, will appeal
Willie Gault, the former National Football League wide receiver and Olympic sprinter, was ordered to pay $206,571 to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit over his role in a scheme to inflate the stock price of a heart-monitoring device maker. U.S. District Judge James Selna of the Santa Ana, California federal court ordered…
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Manning angrily denies Al Jazeera report he obtained PEDs
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning said a report by Al Jazeera set to air Sunday that suggests he obtained performance-enhancing drugs was “completely fabricated, complete trash, garbage.”
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Manning angrily denies Al Jazeera report he obtained PEDs
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning said a report by Al Jazeera set to air Sunday that suggests he obtained performance-enhancing drugs was “completely fabricated, complete trash, garbage.”
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Alaska’s Inuit link steady food supply to environment health
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Inuit hunter John Goodwin for decades has hunted oogruk, the bearded seal, a marine mammal prized for its meat, oil and hide.
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Some ex-NFL players seek to re-work $1 billion concussion settlement
By Natalie Pompilio PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Lawyers representing some former NFL players urged a federal appeals court on Thursday to scrap the league’s $1 billion concussion settlement because it does not cover potential victims of a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head. The deal should include future payments for chronic traumatic…
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Football dad Will Smith says conflicted about ‘Concussion’ role
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Will Smith, a self-described “football dad,” said he felt conflicted about starring in the new film “Concussion” as the doctor who discovered brain trauma, a leading factor in the deaths of some former National Football League (NFL) players. Smith, who plays Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who…