PHILADELPHIA (AP) β Former NFL players who object to terms of the potential $1 billion concussion settlement have filed appeals that are likely to delay payouts to thousands of retirees until next year. About a dozen appeals on behalf of as many as 90 former players were expected to be filed by Monday’s deadline. Some challenge the exclusion of future cases of CTE, while others are concerned the settlement awards players with neurocognitive symptoms, such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, but not those with behavioral and mood disorders.
CLEVELAND (AP) β Browns backup center Ryan Seymour has been suspended by the NFL without pay for the first four games of the upcoming season after testing positive for a banned substance. Seymour started three games for Cleveland last season and is eligible to return to the active roster on Oct. 5, the day after the Browns play in San Diego. The league did not say which substance Seymour used.
CHICAGO (AP) β The National Labor Relations Board has unanimously dismissed the controversial ruling from last year by a regional NLRB director that led to a vote by Northwestern football players on whether they wanted to unionize or not. The school appealed the decision and the votes were sealed. The ruling by the five-member National Labor Relations Board concluded that letting Northwestern football players unionize could lead to different standards at different schools, from amounts of money players receive to the amount of time they can practice.
NEW YORK (AP) β Yankees rookie pitcher Bryan Mitchell sustained a nasal fracture when he was hit in the head by a line drive last night. Mitchell was taken to a hospital after being hit by a liner off the bat of Eduardo Nunez in the second inning He needed help getting down the dugout steps because the towel was covering his bloody face.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) β Danny Briere (bree-AIR’) is calling it quits after 17 NHL seasons that included stops with the Coyotes, Sabres, Canadiens, Flyers and Avalanche. Briere spent the bulk of his career with Buffalo and Philadelphia and earned All-Star nods playing for both franchises. He scored 307 goals and 696 points in 973 games.
