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The Blitz 12/17/17

The Blitz

Essential Sports & Sports Law News December 17, 2017 Week in Review ?Read of the Week: Ex-NFL player Larry Johnson grapples with violent urges and memory loss. He thinks it’s CTE. https://t.co/HNxDXg5TEk — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 13, 2017 If you need a link that isn’t behind the paywall, CLICK …

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The Blitz 4/28/2017 Weekend Edition

The Blitz

⚖️Litigation Lane: NFL Painkiller Lawsuit Update from today’s hearing in painkiller lawsuit:
NFL Seeks To Trim Players Painkiller Class Action https://t.co/nBD2iO6IcN via @carabayles — Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) April 28, 2017 NFL Concussion settlement Ex-NFL Players’ Law Firm Asks For Cut Of Concussion Awards https://t.co/F0m2lkW1eM via @Law360 pic.twitter.com/e7hfYYgn5t — …

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News Blitz 10/26/16

Major journalists indict Roger Goodell: Enough is enough — it’s time for a new NFL commissioner https://t.co/Mjv0PuW1E3 via @Stanford_Daily — Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) October 26, 2016 Excerpt from the article posted above: .@Stanford_Daily calls for Roger Goodell to step down. pic.twitter.com/SwJZmG0bGb — Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) October 26, 2016 One …

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NFL Denies Connection to Hall of Fame Game

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Last week, on September 9, the Pro Football Hall of Fame filed a motion to dismiss the fan suit, currently pending in the Ninth Circuit, for lack of jurisdiction. BREAKING: Pro Football HOF files motion to dismiss HOF Game lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction; seeks transfer to Ohio pic.twitter.com/pVwumnzC7S — Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL)

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2106 NFL Hall of Fame Game: Lessons Not Learned

By Sheilla Dingus August 25, 2016 A festive day of excitement quickly became a day of despair for 22,000 people on August 7, when they attended an ill-fated Hall of Fame football game which could more aptly be described as non-game since the event failed to take place.  Football fans from Wisconsin, Indiana, and various …

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