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Offline bijou

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Bears DE Adams dies at age 26
« on: January 17, 2010, 11:43:06 AM »
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Chicago Bears defensive end Gaines Adams died Sunday morning after he was taken to a Greenwood, S.C., emergency room, the county coroner said.

Greenwood County Coroner James T. Coursey told ESPN that Adams was taken to the emergency room at Self Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9 a.m. ET Sunday morning. ...
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=4833908



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Re: Bears DE Adams dies at age 26
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2010, 03:40:01 PM »
"Enlarged heart"...steroids.
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Re: Bears DE Adams dies at age 26
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2010, 03:40:10 PM »
How incredibly sad.


The article says Gaines had an enlarged heart. What I don't understand is how often, athletes who appear to be in the best of health....have heart problems that often result in premature death.

When are high schools, colleges and pro teams going to start doing mandatory extensive physicals on these players to check for heart problems before these athletes end up dead?
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Re: Bears DE Adams dies at age 26
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 09:01:34 AM »
He was a really good player at Clemson.

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