The NCAA is recommending its member colleges and universities test student-athletes to confirm their Sickle Cell Trait status if that information is not already known.

The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports adopted the recommendation June 25.…

From the Columbia Tribune via the Associated Press:

University of Missouri athletes will face mandatory sickle cell tests in a change spurred by the 2005 preseason death of a 19-year-old football player.

The change comes less than three months after the school…

Here’s the full Associated Press report from documents obtained about how MU handled the Aaron O’Neal collapse at football practice in 2005 and his subsequent death:

University of Missouri officials failed to follow policies for medical emergencies when freshman linebacker Aaron…

This just in from the Associated Press:

Legal documents obtained by The Associated Press show University of Missouri officials failed to follow policies for medical emergencies when freshman linebacker Aaron O’Neal collapsed and later died during a 2005 summer workout.

The university…