Wednesday's health and safety news from the world of football: that the late-arriving concu sion symptoms suffered by quarterback showed how the NFL sometimes deals with a different type of head injury, talking to Dr. Mickey Collins of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. that free agent , the first Colorado Rockies Jersey openly gay player drafted in the NFL, told Oprah Winfrey that a number of gay players have reached out to him during an interview that is scheduled to air on OWN on Saturday night. on players who spread holiday cheer Tuesday while visiting Ochsner Hospital. that UCLA researchers are excited by a study that suggested memory restoration is po sible during early stages of Alzheimer's disease. a study that analyzed the effect of state legislation on health care utilization for children with concu sions. at the new California law that will take effect in January to limit the length and the number of high school football practices.-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor Todd Helton Jersey