A dozen former NFL players have filed a lawsuit against the National Football League, claiming the league and its teams of repeatedly administering the painkiller Toradol before and during games, which they say worsened high-risk injuries like concussions. In the lawsuit, the players contend the league failed to warn them of possible consequenc...

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Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien has joined the ranks of former NFL players suing the league in federal court in Philadelphia, arguing that they weren’t adequately informed about the dangers of head injuries or properly protected from concussions. Rypien, 49, is a former Washington Redskins quarterback who now has to record significant conversations ...

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In March, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton for the 2012 season and banned former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams indefinitely in light of the team’s so-called bounty program, among other harsh punishments. The program paid out thousands of dollars for hits that knocked specific oppos...

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The NFL is seeking to have a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of late Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson moved to federal court. An attorney for relatives of the former NFL player say they will fight the move and that the NFL wants the lawsuit transferred so it will be lumped in with hundreds of NFL concussion lawsuits that have been fi...

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Hundreds of former players have filed NFL concussion lawsuits against the league in the past year, but former pro athletes aren’t the only ones suffering long-term effects. A major class action case also has been filed against the NCAA, accusing the college sports organization of failing to protect student-athletes for decades despite knowing t...

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Many hundreds of former professional football players already have filed NFL concussion lawsuits. It’s likely that many more than that have been adversely affected but think it’s too late to do anything about it. The statute of limitations, which is in place to ensure that claims are filed in a timely manner, varies from state to state. But for...

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Alex Karras -- known as a former Detroit Lions star, the character Mongo in “Blazing Saddles,” and as a star of the TV show “Webster” -- has joined hundreds of former players in filing NFL concussion lawsuits. Karras says he now suffers from dementia and blames the league for not properly protecting him during his time in professional football....

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Four former professional football players joined the more than 1,000 who have filed NFL concussion lawsuits Monday, but these claims are a little different. The lawsuits, filed in state court in Atlanta, cite the New Orleans Saints’ bounty system to reward hard hits as evidence that the league did not properly protect players from concussions. ...

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