Mike Webster News

Mike Webster News From AOL News

Steelers' Continued Success Based on Family Values

DALLAS -- The symbol of success for the Pittsburgh Steelers is the cafeteria in their headquarters. One visit and you can understand why the team calls itself a family. Go there on any weekday during the season at lunchtime and look around: players and coaches here; employees at all levels there; media members relaxing...

Racism Alive and Swell in NFL

The National Football League does an excellent job of publicly attacking some issues and problems. Unfortunately, the league disguises one of its most embarrassing issues within a veil of euphemistic lingo and "throwback" logic. This issue doesn't exist within the walls of NFL boardrooms, but is embedded into the...

Steelers '74 Class the Best of All Time

As we get ready for the 2008 draft, the NFL Network has ranked the top 10 draft classes of all time. After honoring a couple of Bears classes and the Cowboys classes from 1991 and 1992 (which somehow rank as one class for the purposes of this Top 10), the NFL Network determined that the 1974 Steelers class ranked as the...

Mike Webster News From the Web

05/12/12 Researchers Compete for Athletes' Brains Source: WBUR - 90.9 - Boston MA We don't know if Junior Seau suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a disease that causes depression, mood swings, and erratic behavior in those who have suffered multiple concussions.
05/08/12 Webster has seen firsthand what head injuries can do Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA Steelers Hall of Famer Mike Webster started it all, really, the national attention devoted to repetitive head injuries in sports.
05/04/12 911 call: Woman found Seau with no sign of life Source: Boston.com "I don't want this to sound too crass, but we've sort of made our pitch," said Webster, the son of the late Hall of Fame center Mike Webster of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
05/03/12 Neurosurgeon Explains Impact Of Repeated Concussions Source: CBS - KDKA 2 - Pittsburgh PA The NFL estimates that a concussion occurs in every other game â that's about 100 to 150 players a season.
04/26/12 Powersports Industry At A Crossroads Source: Martin Racing Performance The powersports industry is at a crossroadsâ¦ and if we make the wrong decision, we may be forked!

Background on Mike Webster

Michael Lewis "Iron Mike" Webster (March 18, 1952 – September 24, 2002) was an American football player who played center in the National Football League from 1974 to 1990 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs.

more at wikipedia »