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Upshaw asking Congress for help
Sun reporterNFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw asked Congress yesterday for assistance in improving a disability benefits system that retired players say repeatedly let them down when they were poor and ailing from old football injuries. "We have made great...Tags: National Football League, Baltimore Colts, Mike Ditka, Retirement, Gale Sayers
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NFL, union unveil plan for needy retirees
Sun reporterFor the third time in the past 13 months, the NFL and the NFL Players Association this week announced new initiatives designed to relieve financial strain on needy retired players. One day after league commissioner Roger Goodell and union executive...Tags: Baltimore Colts, National Football League, Pension and Welfare, Surgery, Retirement
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Unitas fights on in place of legend
Sun reporterSandra Unitas remembers how her husband, John, late in life could barely sign autographs with his once-powerful right hand, much as he tried.She used to find rubber bands strapped to pens he had jury-rigged so he could scrawl his name with a limb --...Tags: Baltimore Colts, National Football League, Mike Ditka, Surgery, Dining and Drinking
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No apologies from Upshaw
Sun reporterNFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw offered no apologies yesterday for his combative comments about retired players who have criticized him. But, in a rare interview on the subject, Upshaw said he was committed to resolving some of their issues with...Tags: National Football League, Baltimore Colts, Mike Ditka, Retirement, Major League Baseball
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Ex-NFL players address Congress
Sun reporterIt was a day of tears -- but also relief - for retired NFL players who hope their accounts of debilitating football injuries will move Congress to demand reform of a "broken" disability benefits system. "Thank God for Congress. Maybe they're going to...Tags: Mike Webster, National Football League, Baltimore Colts, Mike Ditka, Retirement
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NFLPA set to rebut claims
Sun ReporterNFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw says that some retired players' accounts of being rejected for disability benefits are rife with inaccuracies and that the union will begin a new effort today to defend itself. The union will announce a new Web...Tags: National Football League, Baltimore Colts, Mike Ditka, Retirement, Jacksonville Jaguars
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Big Ben: Montana on Stilts
Latimes.comBig Ben Roethlisberger of 2-0 Pittsburgh could displace Tom Brady of 1-1 New England as the NFL's reigning most valuable quarterback this week when they meet at Pittsburgh in the featured Sunday afternoon game. During the Steelers' fast start this...Tags: Steve McNair, Football, Fines, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Montana
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The NFL's forgotten players
Sun ReporterDuring 14 years in the NFL, Dick "Night Train" Lane was celebrated for his vicious clothesline hits, his technical skill on the defensive perimeter and his fast-paced lifestyle off it. Few players were bigger in stature -- or better at their job -- than...Tags: Baltimore Colts, Pension and Welfare, Major League Baseball, Google Inc., New York Yankees
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Fines, Not Suspensions, Are Needed
Latimes.comThe NFL, a league that has a long history of promptly punishing players who get out of line, disciplined Tennessee tackle Albert Haynesworth this week for willfully stomping on the face of an opposing player in Sunday's Dallas game. But the punishment was...Tags: National Football League, Colleges and Universities, National Football Conference, Dining and Drinking, Steve McNair
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John Madden remembers Gene Upshaw
WatchdogNBC analyst and former Raiders coach John Madden on the death of Gene Upshaw: "It was a real shock waking up this morning and hearing that Gene had passed away. And it was such a shock because we all talk......Tags: National Football League, John Madden, NBC (tv network)
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NFL players union head Upshaw dies
O, by the WayNFL Players Association head Gene Upshaw died, it was reported earlier this morning. Upshaw was 63 and battling pancreatic cancer.Upshaw's death comes at a tense time for the players union.* NFL owners want to re-open negotiations on a labor agreement...Tags: Football, Matt Stover, National Football League, Sports, Baltimore Ravens
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NFLPA head Gene Upshaw dies at age 63
WatchdogRIP, Gene Upshaw. Not to be disrespectful by mentioning something trivial compared to the news of Upshaw's death itself, but this is a sports media blog, so . . . A story such as this is exactly why ESPN instituted......Tags: ESPN (tv network)
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