Monday's health and safety news from the world of sports:
- Washington Redskins running back Alfred Morristold The Washington Post that the NFL's new crown-of-the-helmet rule will not be a problem for him.
- The Westport (Conn.) Daily Voice previewed a Wednesday visit by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to a local youth football team as part of the Heads Up Football program.
- Erik Kittani, a Navy lieutenant who was attempting to make an NFL roster months after his military promotion, was waived Monday by the Washington Redskins.
- On Saturday, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay gave out $10,000 in equipment grants, Colts.com reported.
- The Daily Mail in London asked, how many world-class athletes are doping?
- WBUR-FM, the NPR station in Boston, looked at some of the recent technological advances in combatting concussions.
- The Santa Rosa Press Democrat looked at one high school that conducted baseline concussion testing this weekend.
- Monto Public School in Bethesda, Md., also started baseline testing, WUSA-TV reported.
- The Missoulian in Montana reported on the baseline testing in Missoula high schools this weekend.
- Former Minnesota Viking John Swain has gotten involved in the Heads Up Football program, according to Minnesota Public Radio.
- The Aberdeen (S.D.) News published an Op-Ed article that said concussion baseline testing is nothing to laugh about.
- Seacoast Online reported that a Portsmouth, N.H., clinic is teaming with an area YMCA to try to reduce sports injuries.
- The Mason City Globe Gazette looked at how the local high school football team is using better equipment, training and techniques to avoid injuries.
- WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Ala., reported on how area school coaches are discussing safety techniques with high school players.
- KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas, profiled an area hospital that focuses on sports concussions.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor
