Drew Bledsoe makes Wine Spectator Top 100 for first cabernet

Friday's health and safety news from the world of football:

• The Yakima Herald profiled former star quarterback Drew Bledsoe, whose Doubleback vineyard created a cabernet that made the Wine Spectator Top 100 list in its first year.

• AL.com offered five ways to make college football safer without adding the 10-second rule. Those ideas include adopting the NFL's timing system.

• The New York Times reported that pioneering Dr. Frank Jobe, the father of the modern Tommy John surgery, died at age 88 on Thursday.

• The Washington Times looked at the baseline concussion testing performed by D.C.-area schools.

• former NFL trainer Dan Ruiz, who left pro football to work at Mark Morris High School and be with his daughters on a daily basis.

• WBND-TV in South Bend, Ind., looked at how the state's concussion awareness bill, which has passed the House, would affect coaches.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor