Brown’s injury might be frostbite
According to sources, Antonio Brown’s blistered feet are the result of improper use of a cryotherapy machine.
Apparently Brown in his first training camp with the Oakland Raiders, entered the machine without proper footwear.
Full- body cryotherapy is a popular recovery method used by athletes such as LeBron James. The athlete stands in a cryotherapy chamber for roughly three minutes as temperatures drop as low as minus- 11.
Brown wouldn’t be the first athlete to have a mishap with cryotherapy. Last year two Missouri State University basketball players developed foot blisters after a cryotherapy session.
Bears
Chicago will unveil statues Sept. 3 of Hall of Famers Walter Payton and George S. Halas outside of Soldier Field. The 12- foot, 3,000pound bronze statues honoring the great running back and the franchise founder and coach will be made public two days before Chicago plays host to Green Bay to kick off the NFL’s 100th season.
Cowboys
Dallas is donating $ 50,000 to a fund for victims of the mass shooting that killed 22 people and left about twodozen others injured in El Paso, Texas. The team said that the NFL Foundation was planning a matching donation to the El Paso Community Foundation Victims’ Fund.
Bengals
Cincinnati and the NFL Foundation are donating $ 75,000 to help those directly affected by a shooting rampage in Dayton, Ohio, that left 10 people dead. The donation to The Dayton Foundation will go to a fund for the wounded and the families of those killed Sunday in the city’s Oregon District.
Elsewhere
Colin Kaepernick says he’s “still ready” to return to the NFL, even though he is set to enter his third season out of the league. In a social media video, the 31- year- old Kaepernick is shown working out in a gym. He says in the video: “5 a. m. 5 days a week. For 3 years. Still Ready.” Kaepernick, then with the San Francisco 49ers, helped start a wave of protests about social and racial injustice in 2016 by kneeling during the national anthem at games. The protests slowed down last season as the NFL made contributions to organizations chosen by players and promised more attention to social justice issues. ... The Pro Bowl will return to Orlando, Fla., for the fourth year in a row and will be held one week before the Super Bowl. The NFL’s all- star game will be 3 p. m. Jan. 26. ... Jack Dolbin Jr., a receiver on the Denver’s first Super Bowl team in 1977, died. He was 70.