Offensive coordinator Brett Favre directs school to state title game

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

• The Associated Press featured former NFL star quarterback Brett Favre, who has helped to coach Oak Grove High School to the Mississippi state title game.

• Redskins.com wrote that 18 current and former Washington Redskins players took part in the 10th annual Adopt A Child Holiday Shopping Spree in Dulles, Va.

• Researchers at the University of Windsor found that many Canadian college football players disregard the threat of a concussion, according to the Windsor Star.

• Philly.com wrote that concussion worries are at the heart of the New Jersey high school sports governing body's reluctance to expand the state's football playoffs.

• about a group of student trainers who helped to conduct baseline testing for athletes in the area.

• Inside Higher Ed wrote about how football is not the only college sport in which concussions are a worry.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor