Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sanders stifled the Dallas receivers, intercepted a crucial pass near the San Francisco goal line, and bugged his coach, George Seifert, so much that he was allowed to return a kickoff for the first time all season. He also demonstrated two of his many sides to Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman. Asked what he said to Aikman after helping the quarterback get off the ground after a sack, Sanders replied, "I told him to keep his head up and not get discouraged. Then I told him to throw me one." And in the postgame press conference Sanders displayed his gift...
...make any Southie proud and he honed his craft with the Huskies of Northeastern. There is also the Bob Cousy-like presence of Israeli Iceman Doron Sheffer. The Neely-esque instant offense of Brian Fair. And the precocious all-around talent of sophomore Ray Allen brings second-year Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe to mind...
...Game. All right, not everything on the list has to be happy. Harvard, playing without junior quarterback Vin Ferrara, fell to Yale in a game also televised by ESPN2. The Crimson scored first, but everything went downhill from there, as the Bulldogs won by a 32-13 count at Harvard Stadium. Harvard fans also came out looking bad, as a few of them started an ugly brawl on the Yale sidelines...
...that concussions are a part of any contact sport, and the injury is certainly not new to the N.F.L. According to the league commissioner's office, the rate of player concussions -- one every 3.5 games -- has been unchanged since 1989, the first year statistics were kept. In 1979 Cowboys quarterback Roger ("the Dodger") Staubach retired after four concussions in one season, and Jets receiver Al Toon hung up his cleats in 1992 after 10 career concussions. N.F.L. players even have their own concussion-related argot. Mild blows are known as dingers or bell ringers (because players usually have a ringing...
...While concussions may be no more common than in the past, there is now a heightened awareness among team doctors, coaches and players (and their agents) that the injuries are often more serious than they seem. Says San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young, who has had his bell rung several times: "People are realizing that nowadays, with players' size and velocity, the physics of some of the hits are taking a toll on people's heads." Medical experts warn that scientific knowledge of the long-term effects of even minor blows to the brain is sparse. Increasingly concerned, N.F.L. commissioner...