With football mania nearing its peak in time for Sundayâs 46th Super Bowl game or Super Bowl XLVI, in football-speak there was a time when professional football and its players were neither respected, prized nor paid millions of dollars.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pro football players may generally enjoy a longer-than-average lifespan -- but the biggest players may be more likely than others to die of heart disease, a U.S. study suggests. The study, reported in the American Journal of Cardiology, followed more than 3,400 NFL players who were active between 1959 and 1988. It found that 334 had died by 2007 -- only about half the ...

With football mania nearing its peak in time for Sundayâs 46th Super Bowl game or Super Bowl XLVI, in football-speak there was a time when professional football and its players were neither respected, prized nor paid millions of dollars.

With football mania nearing its peak in time for Sundayâs 46th Super Bowl game or Super Bowl XLVI, in football-speak there was a time when professional football and its players were neither respected, prized nor paid millions of dollars.

With football mania nearing its peak in time for Sundayâs 46th Super Bowl game or Super Bowl XLVI, in football-speak there was a time when professional football and its players were neither respected, prized nor paid millions of dollars.