Osi: Strong possibility I will be in a wheelchair when I am 45

Posted by Michael David Smith on May 8, 2012, 11:20 AM EDT

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Osi Umenyiora is the latest NFL player to wade into the debate about the safety of football and whether parents should allow their children to play it. And Umenyiora feels the same ambivalence that so many players feel: He loves the game and will continue playing it, even as he wonders if it will leave him disabled for most of his post-retirement life.

Responding to Kurt Warner’s contradictory comments about whether or not he’d want his sons to play football, and the subsequent criticism of Warner from other

Vikings stadium bill passes Minnesota House vote

Posted by Mike Florio on May 7, 2012, 11:43 PM EDT

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Well, the folks from AEG can use their fancy new 3D fly-through video to lure a team other than the Vikings to L.A.

Maybe.

Pat Kessler of WCCO-TV reports that the Vikings stadium bill passed the Minnesota House of Representatives by a vote of 73-58, five more votes than the number needed to advance the bill to the Senate.

Brian Xanders leaves the Broncos

osted by Michael David Smith on May 7, 2012, 7:41 PM EDT

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After three years on the job, Brian Xanders is done as the general manager of the Denver Broncos.

Xanders and Broncos front office boss John Elway met today, and afterward they both claimed that it was a mutual decision to part ways.

“John and I had a lengthy conversation today and we mutually decided to part ways for the best interest of my career aspirations,” Xanders said, via Mike Klis of the Denver Post.

League doesn't comment on Luck's use of Irsay's jet

Posted by Mike Florio on May 7, 2012, 9:26 PM EDT

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In response to the report that Colts owner Jim Irsay has offered to let quarterback Andrew Luck use Irsay’s plane to travel across the country to work out with Luck’s new teammates, former NFL player Ross Tucker made a great observation on Twitter.

“At what point is this circumventing the salary cap?” Tucker asked.