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...race-matched sample from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, a population-based study of more than 1,900 healthy men aged 23 to 35. Despite being nearly four inches taller and more than 60 pounds heavier on average than their nonplaying peers, NFL athletes had similar blood levels of cholesterol and triglyceride, and lower fasting-glucose levels (high fasting glucose is a common marker for diabetes). What's more, when examined by race, black NFL players showed no higher risk of heart disease than white players, even though black men in the general population have...
...study of active players, funded by the National Football League (NFL), adds another wrinkle to the issue. In the spring of 2007, a panel of heart specialists collected extensive data on the cardiovascular health of 504 veteran members of 12 pro teams - representing about one-fourth of all nonrookie players in the league - and found that when it comes to their hearts, NFL players may be as healthy as men of the same age in the general population...
...Sotomayor revisited sports law back in 2004, when she upheld the NFL's rule that players must be out of high school for three years before becoming eligible for the draft. Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett, who at the time was suspended from college football for accepting improper gifts and filing a false police report, had sued the league, alleging that this rule violated anti-trust law. Sotomayor argued that the age-eligibility rule was exempt from anti-trust law, even though the rule is a "hardship" on players who are not yet members of the players' union...
...Singled out in a March 2007 report by the Pentagon inspector general for his role in the death of ex-NFL star and U.S. soldier Pat Tillman. Though the two-year investigation cleared McChrystal of any official wrongdoing, it faulted him for failing to immediately notify Tillman's family of the military's suspicions that Tillman's death was the result of friendly fire...
...extraordinarily sensitive position with covert special forces, he is not appearing in public. And so he will not be questioned further by the committee in an open hearing." - Barbara Starr, CNN correspondent, on McChrystal's absence during an August 2007 Congressional hearing over the friendly-fire death of former NFL star Pat Tillman...