06.29.2009 10:28 am

NCAA now recommending tests for Sickle Cell

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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.…

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04.14.2009 4:43 pm

AP report: Documents show series of missteps in Aaron O’Neal case

By Reid Laymance

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

Tags: Aaron O'Neal, Gary Pinkel, Mike Alden, sickle cell

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NCAA now recommending tests for Sickle Cell

AP report: Documents show series of missteps in Aaron O’Neal case

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