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<title><![CDATA[Family of Derek Boogaard files wrongful-death lawsuit against NHL]]></title>
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Derek Boogaard's family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the National Hockey League.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 12, 2013 14:24:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Former hockey player Eric Lindros redefined NHL's culture of playing through injuries - ESPN The Magazine]]></title>
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In ESPN The Magazine's 15 anniversary issue, Mag 15, David Fleming writes about Eric Lindros, who unintentionally became the poster boy for the concussion crisis when he challenged hockey's play-though-it culture.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 30, 2013 05:15:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Longtime NHL assistant coach Wayne Fleming dies at 62 years old]]></title>
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Longtime NHL assistant coach Wayne Fleming has died. He was 62.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 26, 2013 11:15:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Julien baffled by B's 'brain dead' D]]></title>
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BOSTON -- In a game the media had billed as a potential bloodbath or return to the old 1980s and '90s Adams Division battles between the Bruins and Sa...]]></description>
<pubDate>January 31, 2013 21:53:38 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boston University researchers discover 28 new cases of chronic brain damage in deceased football players]]></title>
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Boston University researchers now have 50 confirmed cases of former football players with CTE -- 33 who played in the NFL, one in the CFL, one semi-professionally, nine through college and six who played only in high school.]]></description>
<pubDate>December 01, 2012 04:16:35 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Concussion expert stresses age limit on blows to head]]></title>
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A leading neurosurgeon called for better protection for young athletes from head injuries on Friday, as a research project involving 100 retired NFL players seeks a diagnosis for a brain disease linked to multiple concussions.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 02, 2012 13:17:12 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NATIONAL HEADACHE LEAGUE]]></title>
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NOW IT'S HOCKEY'S TURN TO GRAPPLE WITH A GROWING CONCUSSION PROBLEM.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 10, 2012 10:11:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MASTER BLASTER]]></title>
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IN FLORIDA, ED JOVANOVSKI WAS KNOWN FOR HIS BRUTAL HITS. IN VANCOUVER, HE'S ADDED BRAINS TO HIS BRAWN]]></description>
<pubDate>July 10, 2012 07:46:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Minnesota Wild sign D Brian Connelly to 2-year deal]]></title>
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The Minnesota Wild have signed defenseman Brian Connelly to a two-year contract.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 06, 2012 14:00:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Three-point debate: Change the standings?]]></title>
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I would never suggest for a moment that Steve Yzerman and I share a brain -- I wouldn't want to insult him that way -- but we certainly agree on one t...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 02, 2012 11:11:20 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Memorial service for Gary Carter set for Friday]]></title>
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A memorial service for family and friends of Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter will be held Friday night.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 19, 2012 16:27:22 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Four NFL concussion lawsuits combined in Philadelphia]]></title>
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At least four lawsuits blaming the NFL for concussion-related dementia and brain disease will be consolidated in Philadelphia, and more could follow.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 31, 2012 07:18:25 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evidence of CTE found in Lew Carpenter's brain]]></title>
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Lew Carpenter never had any concussions -- or at least none that his family knew about back in the 1950s and '60s, when he played for the Lions, Browns and Packers and there wasn't as much concern over them as there is now.]]></description>
<pubDate>December 08, 2011 08:43:08 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NHL board of governors discuss realignment, collective bargaining agreement, fighting]]></title>
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The NHL board of governors approved a new four-conference format, but questions remain about playoff seeding, fighting's effect on the brain and pending negotiation on the next collective bargaining agreement.]]></description>
<pubDate>December 06, 2011 13:28:10 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gary Bettman not enough data for clear link from concussion to CTE in NHL players]]></title>
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday that there was not enough data yet to draw conclusions about the link between concussions and a degenerative brain ailment that has been found in four dead hockey players.]]></description>
<pubDate>December 06, 2011 12:17:55 PST</pubDate>
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