Thursday's health and safety news from the world of football:
- on an NFL Fuel Up To Play 60 event at an area high school featuring former Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore.
- Former New York Jets tight end Wayne Chrebet told Newsday he wouldn't have lasted under the current concussion protocol.
- USA Today Sports interviewedSeattle Seahawks defensive back Brandon Browner, who was suspended indefinitely by the NFL after testing positive for marijuana. He said it was unfair for the league to count as an additional offense any drug tests he missed while he was out of the league and playing football in Canada.
- Reuters profiledSeahawks fullback Derrick Coleman, who is the NFL's only deaf player.
- Fox Sports' Jen Floyd Engel wrote that Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin is a reminder of the dangers surrounding concussions.
- Former Denver Broncos wide receiver Vance Johnson opened up to The Denver Post about his battles with alcoholism.
- KCChiefs.com reported on how Chiefs players got involved in the Souper Bowl of Caring.
- Former University of Oregon defensive tackle Taylor Hart is chronicling his training for the NFL Draft for The Oregonian.
- CBC/Radio-Canada discovered that the main youth football organizations in Quebec don't track head injuries.
- The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on councilmember Stephen Levin, who said he will introduce the Youth Football Act to the New York City. The act would require a doctor and trainer at youth games and practices.
- WXIN-TV in Indianapolis followed up on the pending legislation in Indiana to require concussion awareness by coaches.
- KRIV-TV in Houston reported on the Houston concussion center that received a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
- Medical Xpress featured helmet-sensor testing at the University of Michigan Medical School.
- The Norwalk Daily Voice previewed a youth sports concussion summit at Chelsea Piers Connecticut in Stamford.
- The Southeast Missourian wrote that trainers and school officials in the area are learning to deal with youth athlete concussions.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor