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The recent death of former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson has sparked up conversation about the effects of repeated helmet popping tackles and injuries. Duerson committed suicide after sending a text message to his wife which read “Send my brain to the NFL research bank.” The NFL has recently cracked down on helmet-to-helmet hits and its safety measures regarding concussions. Research has shown that even high school and college football players have suffered brain that even high school and college football players have suffered brain damage, which we believe is cause for SERIOUS concern.

With NFL owners pushing for an 18 game season, we hope stories like this, although heartbreaking, will make them think twice. Football is an incredible sport with even more incredible athletes and we as fans want to enjoy the sport as long as possible. An athlete’s health is NOT worth making NFL owner’s pockets fatter. We hope that the donation of Duerson’s brain will lead to safer helmets and far fewer injuries.

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The Black Keys – Summer Tour Dates

03/15 Paris, France – Olympia 03/16 Nantes, France – L’Olympic 03/18 Amsterdam, Holland – Heineken Music Hall 04/14 Mesa, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre & 04/14 Mesa, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre & 04/15 Indio, CA – Coachella 05/22 Mobile, AL – The Hangout Festival 6/10 Indianapolis, IN – The Lawn at White River State Park+ 6/27 Vancouver – Deer Lake Park# 6/28 Calgary – Stampede Corral# 6/29 Edmonton – Rexall Place# 6/30 Saskatoon – TCU Place# 6/30 Saskatoon – TCU Place# 7/2 Winnipeg – MTS Centre# 7/3 Minneapolis, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium# 7/5 Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Cove Amphitheatre# 7/7 Toronto, ON – Molson Amphitheatre# 7/10 Quebec City – Quebec City Summer Festival# 7/11 Montreal – Bell Centre# 7/12 London, ON – John Labatt Centre# 7/12 London, ON – John Labatt Centre# 7/13 Buffalo, NY – Artpark#

# with special guest Cage The Elephant +with Booker T. Jones, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea

The Black Keys announce their Summertour dates and we temporarily forgetabout our significant others, and the factthat we have yet to complete our taxes.

A Tale of REALISTIC LOVE THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THE RINGER,“BLUE VALENTINE” STARING RYANGOSLING AND MICHELLE WILLIAMS ISAN ABSOLUTE GEM. THE CHARACTERS(AND THE LOVEMAKING) SO BELIEVABLE,WE LEFT THE THEATRE WONDERING IF WhatWE LEFT THE THEATRE WONDERING IF WhatWE weRE WITNESSING WAS something thatWAS BEING RECORDED LIVE. SO GENUINE...SO TRUE. SO BELIEVABLE. RYAN GOSLING’SABILITY TO TRANSFORM FROM GENTLE CARETAKER AND LOVER, TO BADASS HAS US PISSED THAT HE WAS SNUBBED OF ANOSCAR NOMINATION. (Out on DVD May 10 ) OSCAR NOMINATION. (Out on DVD May 10 )

YOU MAY MAY HAVE MISSED......blue valentine

FACT: THE NBA IS A BETTER PLACE WHEN NEW YORK IS A CONTENDERFACT: THEY WILL WIN NOTHING. (NOT THIS YEAR AT LEAST)

Though the Knicks get Carmelo Anthony and (an aging)Chauncey Billups, they give up a nice young core of Wilson Chandler Danilo Gallinari, and guard Raymond Felton who accounted foralmost 50 of the 106 points that they averaged. Tis, combined withthe fact that they also surrender a first round pick, and you have to the fact that they also surrender a first round pick, and you have to ask yourself: Are the Knicks really ready to win it all? THE TEST:Without Googling...name a Knickerbocker that is not named Melo, Amare or Billups. WE DARE YOU TO.

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OUR THOUGHTS ON “THE TRADE”

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revor Bayne is not the name that pops into our heads when we think of the Daytona 500. Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Tony Stewart are familiar in our brains, but a 20 year-old rookie is not. After being asked what he would do with the $1,463,813 purse he just won, Bayne name dropped a charity that he plans on helping out as much as possible. plans on helping out as much as possible.

Back2Back ministries in Mexico will surely be seeing an increase in donations after Bayne̓s co-sign. This kid̓s humbleness is not typical of a 20 year-old. How did Mr. Daytona 500 celebrate his HUGE win? By eating dinner at BJ̓s Restaurant, playing a game of H-O-R-S-E, and riding his skateboard.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,The Anaheim Union High School District has decided to make it easier for parents to not be parents. The school district has implemented a six weekpilot program to stop students from ditching school. How you ask? By giving seventh and eighth graders with four or more unexcused absencesa GPS device. We are completely serious. These students are required to enter a tracking code five times a day.These students are required to enter a tracking code five times a day. Rather then instituting a bit of discipline in the daily routine,they simply sign a form...further stripping themselves of their parental duties and obligations.

What has happened to our nation where we are even digitizing parenting?rather then the chldren...maybe crappy parents should be reprimanded Maybe the Anaheim Union High School District should require parents to Maybe the Anaheim Union High School District should require parents to enter a tracking code every time they go over their child’s homework. THIS WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE PLENTY OF TAKERS FOR SAID “INITIATIVE”. Sincerely, The Appalled

WE’RE SO APPALLED.AN OPEN LETTER.

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