A-head of the game
Brown convinced Goodell wants to solve concussion problem
The great Jim Brown, new part-owner of the Long Island Lizards lacrosse team, met Friday with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and came away encouraged by the league’s commitment to concussion vigilance.
“He’s on board 100 percent,” Brown told The Rumble. “Everything I was concerned about, he answered it with compassion for the welfare of the players.”
Brown was asked how many concussions he suffered during his Hall of Fame Browns career.
“I know I had one,” Brown said. “Sam Huff hit me behind my head and bent my neck back.”
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Football legend and new co-owner of the Long Island Lizards Jim Brown
Brown”s bell was rung in the second quarter. No physician on the sideline back then to keep him from returning to the game. Goodell assured him that those days are over. “I couldn’t remember the plays. I would ask the quarterback, ‘What should I do?’” Brown said. “It did clear up in the third quarter.”
Brown, a lacrosse legend at Manhasset (L.I.) H.S., was approached about the Lizards by an investor group led by Andrew Murstein (Medallion Financial Corp.)
“It was the perfect fit for me,” Brown said.
Carmelo stops for ice-cold b-day treat
Carmelo Anthony stopped by the Soft Serve Fruit Co. on May 29 in Union Square for a birthday treat. He had worked up a big appetite from his workout, so he got a large banana split with a hot waffle as well as a second hot waffle topped with the Fruitastic sundae.
Anthony will join Allan Houston for the “Power by Design” free throw contest, open to the public at Flatiron Pavilion tomorrow. Each basket made by a contestant will unlock customizable features of the 2012 Jeep Wrangler. Participants who make 12 consecutive shots will be eligible for the grand prize to compete in a shooting challenge with Anthony and receive a trip for two to Las Vegas to attend a USA Basketball exhibition game.
Father of Peace helping out in Queens
Metta World Peace’s father is living up to his son’s new legal name. Ron Artest Sr. has established a new foundation targeting Queens kids from the old neighborhood ages 14 to 18 years old to help with their education. Seven programs have been established in Long Island City, where the former Artest was raised. Metta, who plays for the Lakers, blurts out “Queensbridge’’ during every national TV interview.
Artest Sr. said the programs will teach teenagers in Long Island City about SAT prep, mental health awareness, financial literacy, tutoring, basketball clinics and a “Girl E Girls’’ program.
Artest Sr., who lives now on Roosevelt Island, is also planning on a “Pros vs. Joes’’ charity basketball event in August.
Former Red Bulls trainer leads charity walk
Former New York Red Bulls head athletic trainer and current Major League Soccer Medical Coordinator John Gallucci Jr. will lead his team of more than 100 people in the the Valerie Fund Walk & JAG Physical Therapy 5K Run to benefit the The Valerie Fund, which provides support for children with cancer and blood disorders. The event will take place next Sunday in Verona, N.J.
Harris fights poverty at Yankee Stadium
“Franco’s Army to End Poverty” is being launched by the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation with a third annual fundraising event, A Celebration of Shining Moments in Yankee History, on June 13 at Yankee Stadium.
“This is a wonderful event,” former Steelers running back Franco Harris said. “To be there with the Franciscan Sisters, an organization that does so much great work throughout the world is a joy. And then, to be in the environment of Yankee Stadium with all the tradition of what the Yankees have meant to baseball and have the Stadium all to yourself is a very special night.”
Harris recalled the birth of Franco’s Army in 1972: “My rookie year was just a dream. We put together a string of wins and a couple of fans came to me and said we have to get the fans behind us but it would probably take an Army because they were so used to the Steelers being bad for so long.
“Over a big Italian dinner they said, ‘What about Franco’s Italian Army?’ I said why not? It was so much fun and became a rallying cry point for the team.”
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