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Article: NEW NFL GOAL: A LONGER LIFE INNOVATIVE SCREENING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO UNCOVER HEALTH RISKS AMONG RETIRED PLAYERS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- May 9, 2008
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Byline: DAN RALEYP-I reporter
Retired NFL players arrived in shifts Thursday at Health Force Partners, participating in what might best be described as a medical minicamp, all hoping to make the cut.
While several of these guys greeted each other with wisecracks and back slaps, Alonzo Mitz quietly slipped into the private waiting room and sat down by himself. Mitz last pulled on a Seahawks uniform in 1993, as a speedy and indestructible defensive end. Turning 45 next month, he's a middle-aged man experiencing battle scars and vulnerability.
"I've been having heart palpitations, and I just had some the other day," he said. "I worry about that. That's one of the ...
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