World of live and painokillers handed out like candy. Athlete prop up on drug then sent out to play through broken bones and agonizing pain. Jim avila has more on these startling new allegations. Violent hits like this one. Broke superbowl winning quarterback jim mcman neck an injury he says nfl doctors never told him about. Leaving him to play hurt for years. So today he and 500 other nfl players are suing charging the league hit injuries from Players Behind a mask of pain pills creating a culture of drug misuse substituting Players Health for profit. What you have is warriors out there on any given sunday that are just pumd pumped up with combination of narcotics and antiinflammatorys to try to get them out on the field. Mcmahon now suffers from dementia has complained in the past. Saying the nfl hid the effects of cop concussion from players, too. Nfl denies this but still settled for 7 65 Million Dollars. They knew bit. And they didnt tell us. Its just like flat outlying to you. Re
And the voice. Josh kaufman wins it for team usher on a night packed with stars, the voice crowns its new champion, so whats josh kaufman going to do now . Hes making his way to our plaza today, wednesday, may 21st, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And, good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. And when we say josh kaufman is making his way to studio 1a we really mean it. Literally making his way. Took the red eye overnight. Expected to perform. He is the voice. You are not the voice this morning. Battling the voice a little bit, but looking forward to meeting him. It should be great. We want to get to todays top story, the intense storms wreaking havoc on the midwest. Al, they are on the move this morning. They absolutely are. Check out this video just out from chicago. Really amazing Lightning Storm going on. High winds, a lot of rain, a real mess. And in fact, some amazing Lightning Pictur
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Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Retired pro Football Players are again accusing the nfl of putting profits ahead of their health. More than 500 joined a lawsuit against the league today, claiming it illegally supplied them with painkilling narcotics so they could continue to play, despite injuries. Some say they were never told they had injuries. All of this, they say, led to serious, longterm health problems, including drug addiction. The suit comes less than a year after the nfl agreed to pay 765 million to settle suits accuse the league of concealing the risk of head injuries. Jim axelrod has details of the new accusations. Reporter Jeremy Newberry played eight years at center for the San Francisco 49ers. According to the lawsuit, the 38 yearold suffers from renal failure, high Blood Pressure, and violent headaches because of the all the pain medication he was given by team doctors and trainers to get him on the field. Some games, im taking two or three vicodin bef
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