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<title><![CDATA[Outside the Lines: Leroy Hoard]]></title>
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Over the past few years, we've seen countless stories of former NFL players suffering from debilitating pain and depression they attribute to the viol...]]></description>
<pubDate>January 30, 2013 08:00:15 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OTL: Three To Remember]]></title>
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Former NFL running back Leroy Hoard discusses coping with headaches, memory loss and depression and explains why he must never forget Andre Waters, Dave Duerson and Junior Seau, three former NFL players who committed suicide.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 27, 2013 06:24:02 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Outside the Lines: Answers for Fred McNeil]]></title>
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Two years ago, we re-introduced you to former Minnesota Vikings linebacker Fred McNeil, whose descent into memory loss and depression was artfully tol...]]></description>
<pubDate>January 22, 2013 13:30:06 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rick Reilly: When 'help' is the hardest word]]></title>
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How do you help someone when they aren't asking for it? Following the tragic murder-suicide involving Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, Rick Reilly asks: Are we our brother's keeper?]]></description>
<pubDate>December 13, 2012 06:37:56 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Munson: Player suits against NFL, legal strategies take form]]></title>
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In worst-case scenarios for the NFL, ex-player lawsuits demanding expanded health monitoring and damages could cost $2.1 billion. Courtside Seat examines the complaints and the potential legal strategies.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 16, 2012 08:22:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Police say Ray Easterling, former Atlanta Falcon, committed suicide]]></title>
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Former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling's death has been ruled a suicide, Richmond police captain Yvonne Crowder told FOXSports.com on Saturday.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 21, 2012 10:38:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mark Rypien joins ex-players' concussion lawsuits against NFL]]></title>
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Add 1992 Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien to the ever-growing list of former players suing the NFL because, they say, more should have been done to inform them about concussions and more can be done now to help them.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 29, 2012 13:05:39 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For final roster period of Gridiron Playoff Challenge, choose players you expect to reach Super Bowl]]></title>
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Tom Carpenter offers up the best players to pick up for the third weekend of the playoffs for Gridiron Playoff Challenge, the last chance players have to set a lineup.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 18, 2012 06:07:30 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dallas Cowboys are NFL's most dangerous team]]></title>
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Chris Sprow writes that the Dallas Cowboys, after suffering three improbable early-season defeats, have a good chance of going on a run in the second half of the season.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 29, 2011 07:33:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freeing Eric Hipple]]></title>
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Monday Night Countdown looks at Eric Hipple's long journey to become the outreach specialist at the University of Michigan depression center.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 10, 2011 13:44:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In Search of the Most Depressed Fan Base]]></title>
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Over Labor Day weekend, 10 of the ablest minds at Grantland briefly stopped typing their own names into a Google search bar and devoted themselves to ...]]></description>
<pubDate>September 08, 2011 08:19:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Moving the Goal]]></title>
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England's Kelly Smith is the best women's player ever produced by the country that invented the game. After a struggle with alcohol abuse and depression, the former Seton Hall star, now 32, is sober and poised to lead her team in the World Cup.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 21, 2011 12:22:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-New York Giants RB Tiki Barber says he battled depression after NFL]]></title>
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Tiki Barber says failures off the field after his retirement from football in 2006 led to a yearlong bout with depression.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 18, 2011 12:40:35 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Examining The Death Of Dave Duerson]]></title>
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Emery Moorehead, Mike Ditka and Chris Nowinski discuss the death of Dave Duerson and the connection between head trauma and depression]]></description>
<pubDate>February 21, 2011 10:13:09 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-NFL QB sharing rehab journey on Facebook]]></title>
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Former NFL quarterback Ray Lucas says he is in a Florida rehabilitation center for an addiction to painkillers. He's also sharing his experience with fans in a Facebook diary.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 10, 2011 06:30:03 PST</pubDate>
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