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NFL expands player education programs (The Indianapolis Star)Heavy-handed punishment isn't the only part of the NFL's personal conduct policy, though that's what has grabbed recent headlines. The league, along with individual teams, has specialized programs in place to educate young players and prevent off-field problems.

NFL teams shying away from troublemakers (Houston Chronicle)NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's revised personal conduct code has caused a lot of teams to rethink how they look at some players in the upcoming draft and free agency.

Obituaries in the news (8:53 a.m.) (Las Cruces Sun-News)MILAN, Italy (AP) Carlo Maria Badini, a former superintendent of Milan's La Scala who scandalized opera buffs by introducing commercial activities to save the storied theater from financial difficulties, has died. He was 81.

Ross heads trio of Texas DBs ready to storm NFL draft (USA Today)Know thyself, Socrates said. Aaron Ross does. The Texas cornerback, one of the top prospects at his position available in this month's NFL draft, fully understands his gambling ways on the field, accurately assesses the risk-reward factors and does not hesitate when asked if he or his girlfriend Sanya Richards, a gold medal winner in the Athens Olympics is the better athlete. "She is," Ross says.

Schlichter tells sad story (Telegraph-Forum)NEWARK -- Art Schlichter couldn't have scripted a better answer. Less than two minutes into a speech to about 50 area youths last week at the Youth Engaged in Services clubhouse in Newark, the former Ohio State All-American asked if anyone present could define gambling.

Minor league, major fun (In Business Las Vegas)It's as traditional as fireworks on the Fourth of July that the water-cooler chatter in the workplace always gets around to sports.