BALTIMORE, May 27 (UPI) -- The cardiovascular disease risk factors of about 500 National Football League players are similar to men in the general population, U.S. researchers said.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Minnesota has blocked the NFL's suspensions of five players, who had allegedly violated league's anti-doping policy.
CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Retired National Football League players were screened for prostate cancer as part of Hall of Fame activities in Canton, Ohio.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- NFL team owners meeting in Philadelphia voted to provide $10 million in additional funding for retired players to pay for medical assistance.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The head of the NFL Players Association said in Indianapolis Friday he would consider a proposal to discipline players who repeatedly get in legal trouble.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The National Football League is expanding its substance testing, increasing the number of players tested and the number of drugs tested for. The NFL said it will conduct testing on 10 players from each team each week from the preseason through the playoff
ORLANDO, Fla., March 28 (UPI) -- An NFL competition committee proposal to shorten players' performance art in the end zone after scoring has the support of the NFL Players Association.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- NFL players who reportedly had steroid prescriptions filled by a South Carolina doctor will have to undergo as many as 24 random tests a year.
WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue outlined the league's steroid policy Wednesday while members of Congress said anti-drug legislation for sports was needed.
NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- The New York Giants have been forced to forfeit two days of spring workouts, following the complaint made to the NFL Players Association.
