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...for mocking ALSThe cast of an Atlanta sports radio show has been fired after mocking a former NFL player who has Lou Gehrig's disease.The comments Monday on Mayhem in the AM referred to ex-Saints safety Steve Gleason, 36, who has lost the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2013-06-17/overtime
Matt Bryant is Mr. Clutch for Atlanta Falcons

If Atlanta's NFC championship game with the San Francisco 49ers goes down to the wire, the Falcons have full confidence that place-kicker Matt Bryant will come through.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2013-01-16/matt-bryant-mr-clutch-atlanta
Study: Ex-NFL players at greater risk for brain disease

...likely as other men their age to die of Alzheimer's disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Among the league's "speed players" ? those who build up substantial speed before they make a tackle or are...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2012-09-05/study-ex-nfl-players-greater-
Meanwhile, back at the raunch

...for that task. His productions have been rightly criticized for such things as mocking the insidiously painful Lou Gehrig's disease and Sarah Palin's child with Down syndrome. One episode of Family Guy took note of Florida's epic struggle...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2012-10-07/meanwhile-back-raunch
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...Notre Dame's 1966 national championship team who went on to play eight years for the Denver Broncos, has died of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 67.Notre Dame announced Sunday that Duranko died at a hospice in Windber, Pa., on Friday. He had...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/baseball/2011-07-10/sweep-gets-greenjackets-
Fifth annual event to benefit ALS sufferer

...year and a half after Keri Sheffield was diagnosed with ALS, the degenerative neurological condition also called Lou Gehrig's disease, people assume her family needs money for medical care and end-of-life arrangements.They're right on one...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/your-faith/2011-09-02/fifth-annual-event-benef
Family brings South Carolina State Fair to father

COLUMBIA - Scott Jacobs' broken down body finally couldn't take it anymore, and the latest blow from Lou Gehrig's Disease came with cruel timing: He would have to miss the South Carolina State Fair in October for the first time in 55...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-10-15/family-brings-south-carolina-
Augusta Walk to Defeat ALS planned for March 24

Advocates in search of a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease will gather to show support and help raise awareness...amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.The walk is free. Walkers can register as individuals...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-03-09/augusta-walk-defeat-als-plan
Help vets with sclerosis

...and speak. My wife and I were devastated that I had contracted amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is incurable and fatal.When diagnosed, I was a successful, active-duty Army officer awaiting results...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2011-10-31/help-vets-sclerosis
Vitamin E repairs muscles, GHSU research finds

...genetic muscle-wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophies or even amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, he said."One factor that has been shown in human populations to prevent or delay the onset of (ALS) is high...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2011-12-20/vitamin-e-repairs-muscles-gh