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Article: A fitness message from Mike Ditka.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 17, 2003
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Byline: Connie Prater
MIAMI _ Hey guys. Huddle up. Coach has a message for you:
Check up on your health before you check out of the game _ for good.
"If something's happening different to your body, you ought to do something about it," scolds former Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints head coach Mike Ditka. He was in Miami recently as part of a 10-city tour promoting the new Tackling Men's Health campaign.
Each weekend during National Football League games, Ditka will appear on the Jumbotron _ not to give play-by-play commentary _ but to urge men to have their blood pressure, cholesterol and prostate checked and get regular exercise. ...