In February, retired football player Dave Duerson committed suicide. He pointed a shotgun at his chest and ended his life, asking in his suicide note for his brain to be given to an ongoing study of the effects of football on the human mind. He was 50 years old. On Sunday, Colt McCoy took a [...]
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With Colt McCoy, NFL must learn from tragedies of the past
December 15th, 2011 
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No Comments »Chargers guard suffered seizure on team plane
October 28th, 2011 afcbeast San Diego guard Kris Dielman suffered a scary experience on Sunday night as the team flew home from its loss to the Jets. According to AP, he suffered a grand mal seizure on the plane after sustaining a concussion during the game. Dielman’s injury came in the fourth quarter; he was obviously staggered but continued to play. [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Brain Injuries, Chargers, Chris Henry, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Coincidence, Concussion, Culprit, Dave Duerson, Former Nfl Players, Grand Mal Seizure, Grand Mal Seizures, Guard, Injury Report, Kris Dielman, Long Term Health, Loss Of Consciousness, Muscle Contractions, Neurologists, Offensive Linemen, Plane, Scary Experience, seizure, Staying In The Game, suffered, team, Yahoo Sports No Comments »NFL Henry Organ Donor_11_25_2010.flv
August 28th, 2011 afcbeast CBS visited Carolinas Medical Center to share the story of former NFL player Chris Henry, and his mother’s decision to save the lives of others by donating his organs following a tragic accident.
Posted in Around The League Tags: Carolinas Medical Center, Cbs, Chris Henry, Donor_11_25_2010.flv, Flv, Former Nfl, Henry, Nfl Player, Organ, Organ Donor, Organs, Tragic Accident 25 Comments »The Legends of Arizona
August 15th, 2011 afcbeast DescriptionBear Down, Arizona……Bear Down! At the beginning of each school year, freshmen repaint the “A” on “A” Mountain, and the Wildcat Faithful are ready for a new football season. This product features such Arizona legendary stars as LB Tedy Bruschi, CB Chris McAlister, PK Nick Folk, RB Chris Henry, DB Michael Johnson, RB Mike Bell, [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Arizona, Chris Henry, Chris Mcalister, College Football, Football Season, Freshmen, Gridiron Greats, Legendary Stars, Legends, Michael Johnson, Mike Bell, Nick Folk, Pk, Product Features, Rb, School Year, Steve Fleming, Suc, Syndric Steptoe, Tedy Bruschi, Wildcat Faithful No Comments »Legends of the Mountaineers of West VA TM0300
August 5th, 2011 afcbeast Officially Licensed Highest Quality Recording Product DescriptionThe football players of this state like the high country! Mountaineers are boastful, and they have a reason to be. Their football program continues to produce star players, each and every year. This DVD features the collegiate highlights of such star players as Marc Bulger, Amos Zereoue, Adam “Pac-Man” [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Adam Pac Man Jones, Amos Zereoue, Bonus Feature, Chris Henry, Football Players, Football Program, Heisman Trophy Winners, Highest Quality, Legends, Marc Bulger, Mountaineers, Pac Man, Pac Man Jones, Product Description, Rasheed Marshall, Showcases, Star Players, West No Comments »The Legends of the Mountaineers of West VirginiaThe Legends of the Mountaineers of West Virginia
August 7th, 2010 afcbeast Amazon.comOn The Clock Videos provides the rare collegiate highlights of your team’s All-Americans and Football Legends. As a bonus feature, this DVD also contain footage on select Heisman Trophy winners and other College Legends, when footage is available. Featuring the West Virginia collegiate highlights of Marc Bulger, Amos Zeroue, Adam “Pac-Man” Jones, Chris Henry, and [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Adam Pac Man Jones, Amazon, Amos Zeroue, Bonus Feature, Chris Henry, Clock, College Legends, Football Legends, Graphics, Heisman Trophy Winners, Legends, Marc Bulger, Mountaineers, Pac Man, Pac Man Jones, Rasheed Marshall, Top Quality, Videos, Virginia, VirginiaThe, West, West Virginia No Comments »Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer may benefit the most from Terrell Owens signing
July 27th, 2010 afcbeast Now that Terrell Owens is officially a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, no player may benefit more from the recent signing than quarterback Carson Palmer. Last season, Palmer faced heavy criticism for the Bengals’ 26th ranked passing game—throwing for 3,094 yards and 21 touchdowns. Cincinnati heavily relied on Cedric Benson and the success of their [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: Andre Caldwell, Benefit, Bengals, Bengals Quarterback, Bust, Carson, Carson Palmer, Cedric Benson, Chris Henry, Cincinnati Bengals, from, Games, Ground Game, High Potential, Laveranues Coles, most, NFL, Owens, Palmer, Passing Game, quarterback, Rare Opportunity, Reason, Second Half, signing, Success, Terrell, Terrell Owens, Yardbarker No Comments »Report: Chris Henry had brain damage before he died
June 29th, 2010 afcbeast According to a report by the Cincinnati Enquirer, former Bengals receiver Chris Henry suffered from a chronic brain injury that may have influenced his mental state and behavior before he died last year. Bailes and fellow researchers believe chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is caused by multiple head impacts, regardless of whether those blows result [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Bailes, before, Brain, Brain Damage, Brain Injury, Brains, Business Relationships, Chris, Chris Henry, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Cincinnati Enquirer, Concussion, Cte, damage, Depression, Diagnosis, died, Drugs And Alcohol, Fellow Researchers, Henry, Memory Problems, National Sports, NFL, Professional Football Players, report, Violent Game, Wvu No Comments »Chris Henry was living with brain damage
June 29th, 2010 afcbeast Some unsettling information has come to light regarding Chris Henry, the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver who passed away in 2009. Neurologists have found that before his death, Henry had been living with significant brain damage. From Peter Keating of ESPN The Magazine: Chris Henry, the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver who died in a traffic accident [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Brain, Brain Damage, Brain Injuries, Brain Injury Research, Chris, Chris Benoit, Chris Henry, Cincinnati Bengals, Cte, damage, ESPN, Espn Magazine, Espn The Magazine, Forensic Examination, Former Athletes, Henry, Julian Bailes, Living, Neurologists, Nhl Player, Peter Keating, Pro Wrestler Chris Benoit, Professional Football Player, West Virginia University, Wrestler Chris Benoit No Comments »Top 10 pro football off-season takeaways
June 29th, 2010 afcbeast 10) Despite the best efforts of that nice Mr. Dungy, Bad Things continue to happen around Michael Vick 9) The Chris Henry autopsy showed that he died with brain damage, proving that you can damage even the things that you don’t use very often The Panthers’ Steve Smith discovered that you can get seriously hurt [...]
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