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...felled by injury - a common affliction in a brutally rough sport: According to a 2005 study, nearly 70% of football players suffer an injury each year. Those whose skills seemed to dwindle during their cover season may simply have peaked quickly in a sport whose shelf lives are disconcertingly brief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Madden Curse | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

Read a 2-Min. Bio of John Madden Read A Brief History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Madden Curse | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...Read a brief history of the flu vaccine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Deal with Swine Flu: Heeding the Mistakes of 1976 | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...bigwigs at a White House meeting to agree to limit sudden interest rate hikes. But the real fight begins this week, and it's about to get ugly, as Democrats enter negotiations with banks and both sides test the resilience of each other's initial, aggressive postures. (Read a brief history of credit cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Banks Plan to Limit Credit-Card Protections | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...over 8 1/3 innings against the Rolfe Division champion Big Green.But with one out in the ninth inning of the last league game of the season for the Crimson, Walsh wanted the lefty-lefty matchup against Santomauro, bringing in rookie Will Keuper to face the junior slugger.For a brief second, it looked like the wrong move. Santomauro connected—and hard—on the second pitch of the at-bat, and the ball sailed to deep right center.But with a little help from the wind, the ball nested into the glove of sophomore center fielder Dillon...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Avoids Doubleheader Sweep with Narrow Win in Nightcap | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

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