LAST WORDS

I can promise that once we have completed looking into this matter, if it is revealed that any of our employees acted inappropriately, those employees will face significant repercussions.”

From a statement by Redskins president Bruce Allen on a story in The New York Times about how the team cheerleaders were allegedly treated on a Costa Rican trip and in other situations.

The head is for thinking, not hitting.”

Hall of Fame middle linebacker Willie Lanier to USA TODAY at the NFL Safety Summit this week explaining how after his rookie season with Kansas City in 1967, he was diagnosed with bleeding of the brain and then made a conscious effort take his head out of his style of play.