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Fantasy Football Alert: Packers' Jermichael Finley Likely Done for Season

This one's gonna hurt. According to NFL Network's Jason La Canfora, Packers tight end Jermichael Finley has already told teammates his season is over. Finley underwent arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus, and apparently, doctors found more significant damage than initially expected. There's been...

Steven Jackson Gets Good News About Groin, Status Still Uncertain

St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson injured his groin on Sunday and the team feared the worst. Monday's MRI revealed that his groin injury was a strain, and not a tear, which is great news. "We were all happy it wasn't anything worse," said head coach Steve Spagnuolo. How long Jackson is on the shelf is still...

Damage Control: Matthew Stafford's Injury Status One Big Mystery

It wasn't a very good week for quarterbacks on the injury front. Two passers left the game with concussions and one other prospective fantasy breakout candidate could miss a bunch of weeks with a shoulder injury. If that's not enough damage from Week 1 around the NFL, the Packers may be without the services of their No. 1...

Damage Control: Stephen Strasburg Shutdown?

The "wince" in Washington (video here) is the injury news du jour. Will Stephen Strasburg be shut down for the rest of the season? Is he headed for Tommy John surgery? Will he miss all of next season? There have been so many conflicting reports over the last 24-48 hours, I'm not sure anyone has the answers. Here's what...

Damage Control: You Can Now Safely Drop Erik Bedard

See all those people surrounding Erik Bedard? That's usually not a good sign. With news that Bedard has been shut down after experiencing pain in his surgically-repaired shoulder, I'm beginning to wonder if the three starts he made in the minors really happened. It's sort of like how I feel about the man on the moon...

Damage Control News From the Web

05/25/12 DAMAGE CONTROL Source: The Huffington Post - Local When Rep. Mike Coffman (R - Colo.) questioned the citizenship of President Obama at a mid-May fundraiser, he didn't expect a recording of the event to become a national news story.
05/14/12 Damage control Source: The Economist A LARGE, mistaken, trading position take by J.P. Morgan, one of America's leading banks, already costing it more than $2 billion has become a weapon in major battles in Washington and the financial markets.

Background on Damage Control

Damage control is a term used in the Merchant Marine, maritime industry and navies for the emergency control of situations that may hazard the sinking of a ship.

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