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[b]Relay for Life plans Kick Off Party[/b]
The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life will hold a Windsor Kick Off Party at 5:45 p.m. Monday at Austin's Homestead at Pelican Lakes in the Banquet Room.

Dr. Carlton Barnett, who is an American Cancer Society grant funded researcher, will be the guest speaker. He was awarded $437,400 for research on The Plasma Fraction of Stored Erythrocytes Promotes Pancreas Cancer Growth.

His colleague Dr. Greg Myers will be attending as well and giving a short presentation on his work. Both Dr. Barnett and Dr. Myers are graduates from Windsor High School.

Dr. Myers went on to play football for Colorado State University, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Dallas Cowboys.

People interested in forming a team, registering as a cancer survivor, or making a donation for the 2011 Relay For Life of Windsor should go online at [url="http://www.WindsorRelay.org"]www.WindsorRelay.org[/url] or call (970) 350-5021.


[url="http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110319/WINDSORBEACON05/103190306"]http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110319/WINDSORBEACON05/103190306[/url]

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[b]Bengal Safety Aims To Be Doctor[/b]
By [url="http://search.nwsource.com/search?sort=date&from=ST&byline=Tim%20Sullivan"][color="#003388"]Tim Sullivan[/color][/url]

Cincinnati Enquirer

BALTIMORE - Greg Myers must have too much time on his hands.

He is the Cincinnati Bengals' free safety, their top punt returner and their last line of defense on kickoff coverage. And still, he would like to be busier. He would like to be a doctor.

"Even if I can't actually start medical school, maybe I can take some classes to get myself a little more prepared," he said. "But the time constraints are very difficult."

Twenty years since Tommy Casanova retired from bruising people in order to start mending them, the Bengals have another aspiring doctor in their secondary. Myers has been accepted to Dartmouth's medical school, but he has put healing on hold.

"Right now, I want to focus on football and try to excel at that the best I can," Myers said. "I'll have enough time in my life, most likely, to go back to medical school, no matter how long I play. I'm definitely going to try to put it off. I'm going to continue playing football as long as they want me."

This may be a while. A fifth-round selection in the 1996 draft, Myers has made himself increasingly indispensable. He led the Bengals with 11 tackles in their season-opening conquest of the Arizona Cardinals and returned four punts for 41 yards. His Hippocratic oath has been postponed indefinitely.

Dartmouth agreed to save a place for Myers for two years, a deal that expires at the end of the season. Rather than forcing Myers to choose, the Bengals would hope he could do both. Casanova juggled med school and pro football until a year before he graduated from the University of Cincinnati.

"I don't know if that's possible (now)," Bengal president Mike Brown said. "We're working at it, and if we can't get it done, we might lose him."

Dr. Andrew Filak, who chairs the curriculum committee for the Cincinnati Medical School, says the football/physician double is more difficult than when Casanova did it in the mid-1970s. Classes once taken piecemeal are now carefully integrated.

"The question is whether medical school and a pro football career are compatible," Filak said. "I would never say never, but it would be a very difficult proposition. Off the top, he should probably finish up his football career and then do it."

Curiously, the Bengals have fewer concerns about being compromised by Myers' moonlighting. Neither Brown nor defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau is inclined to insist on a full-time commitment to football.

"Let's face it," LeBeau said. "When you're talking about a man's future, to become a doctor, there's no way you can feel too badly about that situation."

Casanova played in three Pro Bowls before he began his medical practice. He still holds the Bengals record for punt-return yardage in a single game (106).



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[quote name='Lucid' timestamp='1300539925' post='978276']
Dude became a cancer researcher?

That is pretty fucking cool.
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That's really cool. If he had achieved his goal sooner, he could have rid the team of Carl Pickens and Corey Dillon before they spread to the locker room. :ph34r:

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[quote name='ChicagoBengal' timestamp='1300540384' post='978278']
That's really cool. If he had achieved his goal sooner, he could have rid the team of Carl Pickens and Corey Dillon before they spread to the locker room. :ph34r:
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:lol:

Well done!

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[quote name='ChicagoBengal' timestamp='1300540384' post='978278']
That's really cool. If he had achieved his goal sooner, he could have rid the team of Carl Pickens and Corey Dillon before they spread to the locker room. :ph34r:
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Outstanding!

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[quote name='ChicagoBengal' timestamp='1300540384' post='978278']
That's really cool. If he had achieved his goal sooner, he could have rid the team of Carl Pickens and Corey Dillon before they spread to the locker room. :ph34r:
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Well played! Actually, he could have been a high-paid consultant for a long time.

I recall him as a great college player, and serviceable pro... the Bengals weren't good then, so he played more than he probably would have, on a better team. Good story, though.

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