Champion didn't have any bone fractures or injuries to his internal organs.

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Despite its kneejerk reaction to a Sunday of bone-crushing hits and injuries, the NFL does not want its product to turn into flag football where the scores are an Arena-like 55-45.

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Scott Laidlaw, 25, suffered a fractured breast bone, pelvis and ribs, as well as injuries to his head and lungs.

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Many of the injuries were to "lower extremities" and included tissue and bone damage, he said.

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"These are very high-force, high-impact injuries so they cause a lot of damage to tissue and to bone, " said Ron Walls, chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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The effort comes amid growing concern about the risk of brain injuries in football, but the scope extends well beyond concussions to bone and joint injury, heart disease, depression and chronic pain that affect many players long after their careers are over.

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The child's injuries included 26 rib fractures, a broken arm, a broken collar bone, and two punctured lungs.

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He added that all of the injuries were relatively minor and ranged from cuts and bruises to one suspected fractured collar-bone.

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Injuries prevented Capello from including two veteran internationals in Portsmouth's David James, who has bone bruising, while Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand is also not yet fit enough to return as he recovers from a thigh injury.

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