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...hospitals are resistant to at least one antibiotic. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which causes boils or pimples on the skin, is only the latest superbug to make the rounds and has appeared in dozens of high school and college athletic locker rooms, as well as in three NFL locker rooms. Drug-resistant tuberculosis cases, including those of the variety affecting Speaker, have risen along with peaks in AIDS cases, as people with weakened immune systems are especially vulnerable to infection with multiple bugs...
...the NFL's New England Patriots, the loss of defensive end Marquise Hill in a Jet Skiing accident over Memorial Day weekend was, in the words of coach Bill Belichick, "stunning and tragic." Hill's loss will be felt just as acutely in his hometown of New Orleans, where the Super Bowl winner and former LSU star spent much of his time and money rebuilding homes in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He was spending the holiday weekend refurbishing his mother's house. Hill and a friend, who survived, took the Jet Skis out on Lake Pontchartrain without life jackets...
Imagine the NFL deciding that Green Bay could no longer host professional football games. Sorry, Cheese-heads, but extreme cold is dangerous and unfair to visiting teams. Now envision Wisconsin's reaction, enlarge it to a national scale, and you'll have some idea of the sentiment in Bolivia since last Sunday. That's when the soccer's world governing body, FIFA, announced a ban on staging international matches at altitudes higher than 2,500 meters (about 8,200 ft.) because of the health risks posed to players unaccustomed to the altitude. The decree rules out home games...
Ogletree, a Stanford grad who fondly recalls the playing days of Tiger Woods and NFL wide receiver Tony Hill, points to the overwhelming majority of Division I universities that feature more diverse racial compositions...
...learn everything from plays to lingo, Farbotko was unsure of his status. Ready to talk to Colts head coach Tony Dungy after practice ended, the tight end instead found himself in general manager Bill Polian’s office signing the deal that he hopes will launch his NFL career...