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UPDATED: The Eagles have issued a statement from head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder confirming an ESPN report that Brian Westbrook will see concussion specialists tomorrow in Pittsburgh. The statement read: “The Eagles have confirmed a report that RB Brian Westbrook will visit two concussion specialists on Wednesday, November 18 in Pittsburgh, PA. The Eagles will first have Westbrook consult with neuropsychologist Mark R. Lovell, PhD. Following that visit Westbrook and Lovell will consult with neurosurgeon Joseph Maroon, MD. Dr. Lovell has been consulting with the Eagles’ medical staff on Westbrook’s recovery from the first concussion during the past three weeks.”
EARLIER:
Eagles running back Brian Westbrook is scheduled to see a concussion specialist in Pittsburgh, possibly as soon as tomorrow, ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting.
A team spokesman has not returned a message from the Daily News. Westbrook's agent, Todd France, did not reply to an email earlier today seeking a comment on Westbrook's condition.
According to the report, Westbrook is to visit the same clinic and hospital that also was visited by Troy Aikman, Steve Young and Bill Romanowski. All retired because of concussions.
Westbrook suffered his second concussion in three weeks when he was sandwiched on a screen pass in the third quarter of the Eagles' loss to the Chargers on Sunday. He also sustained a concussion against Washington on Oct. 26 and sat out the next two games against the New York Giants and Dallas.
On Monday, Eagles coach Andy Reid said it was "too soon" to know whether Westbrook's season was over, but said the team planned to take every possible precautionary measure. "The number one thing is Brian’s health," Reid said. "You can put football aside and make sure that he’s taken care of here.”
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Les
Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News
since 2002.
Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les
only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no
penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite
what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News
from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much
lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their
two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.
E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com
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Paul
Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982.
He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with the paper covering the
Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a
selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre
and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific
daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
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