New strength coach hopes tech will cut down on Raiders' injuries

Monday's health and safety news from the world of football:

• The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Oakland Raiders have brought in a former consultant for the U.S. Secret Service, Joe Gomes, to use cutting-edge technology and cut down on the team's injuries.

• Michigan Live reported that the University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel is satisfied with his athletic department's review of in-game safety procedures after the school came under fire last football season for its handling of quarterback Shane Morris, who suffered a head injury but was left in a game.

• The Los Angeles Times profiled former New York Giants wide receiver Steve Smith, who has found his calling in helping to run Xplode Training Center in Chatsworth, California.

• The Sun Chronicle in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, reported that the New England Patriots have joined the clean-up efforts in Foxboro.

• WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, South Carolina, featuredBuffalo Bills wide receiver Sammy Watkins, who was part of Scholarship Fun Day at Woodruff, South Carolina.

• on UC Davis' new conditioning coach, who hopes to stem the tide of injuries suffered by the Aggies last season.

• The Herald-Bulletin in Anderson, Indiana, reported that legislation to expand the state's concussion laws will stall in committee.

• that high school coaches in Georgia and Alabama have mixed reactions to limits that were passed last week for contact in high school practices in their states.

• on how private coach, especially for quarterbacks, has become a big business.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor