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Goodell Denies Head Injury-Brain Disease Link ABC News Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:01 PM PDT NFL's Roger Goodell denies link between head injuries and brain diseases before Congress NFL commissioner Roger Goodell goes before Congress to discuss concerns over on-field head injuries The Oregonian Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:54 PM PDT NFL commissioner Roger Goodell would not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress. Roger Goodell Defends NFL to Congress Concerning Concussions New England Sports Network Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell would not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress. Under sometimes-contentious questioning from lawmakers -- and suggestions about reconsidering the league's lucrative antitrust exemption -- Goodell sat at a witness table ... Goodell defends NFL to Congress about concussions AP via Yahoo! Sports Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10 PM PDT NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress on Wednesday. That frustrated several members of the House Judiciary Committee, including the committee chairman, Michigan Democrat John Conyers, when Goodell told him the NFL isn't waiting... Goodell Defends NFL on Concussions CBS News Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00 PM PDT Football Commissioner Tells Lawmakers League Is Making Game Safer, But Won't Acknowledge Connection to Brain Disorders Miracle of healing The Salt Lake Tribune Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:59 PM PDT Washington Terrace » It took a few weeks for it to sink in that he should be dead, David Morris said softly. A month ago, trauma surgeon Sheila Garvey had her hand pressed to Morris' heart, trying to make sure as much blood as possible would keep flowing into his brain instead of out Ballesteros' recovery from brain cancer going well Slam! Sports Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:47 PM PDT Seve Ballesteros says his latest medical checks show his recovery from brain cancer is going well. LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thanks Central Lyon for donating to ill child Dayton Courier Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:17 PM PDT On Sept. 19, Bob Wall, owner of East 50 Bar in Dayton, sponsored a fund-raising quad pull to help Caden Huarte's family with medical bills and related costs. The kindergartener recently underwent brain surgery for cancer at Stanford University Medical Center in California. Friends rally to raise funds for tiny Tuscani, victimized by a brain tumor Dayton Courier Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:15 PM PDT Pretty brown-eyed Tuscani Ramos is 18 months old. Instead of toddling around like she should at her age, she's fighting off a wicked brain tumor. Although the tumor is benign, it's like a noxious weed, sending roots to damage her pituitary gland and optic nerve. Jim Krumrie, owner of Esther Bentley Jewelers in downtown Wausau, faces cancer, closes store Wausau Daily Herald Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:02 PM PDT Not even a brain tumor could stop Jim Krumrie from thinking about his customers. Lying in intensive care in late September, facing an unknown fate, the downtown jeweler was asking about ring orders.

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