Cleveland Browns would favor review on hits to QB's head

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

• After Cleveland quarterback Jason Campbell suffered a blow to the head that went uncalled last week, the Browns said they would favor using instant replay to penalize such plays, The Associated Press reported.

• USA Today looked at the Jovan Belcher tragedy one year later and how it still shakes the NFL. Belcher killed his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, with his child nearby and soon after committed suicide at the Kansas City Chiefs' facility. The NFL and the Chiefs have tried to cope in different ways.

• Former NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck talked about concussions last month at the Youth Sports Concussions Awareness and Prevention seminar, the Greenwich Post reported.

• ABC News asked if the NFL was experiencing an injury epidemic this season.

• CSN Baltimore featured a young Ravens fan who is recovering from a serious disease.

• The Detroit Free Press reported that Detroit Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh has been fined $7,875 for making a throat-slashing gesture during the Nov. 23 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

• The Chicago Tribune reported that Chicago Bears right guard Kyle Long was fined the same amount for kicking a member of the St. Louis Rams.

• The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that the hit suffered by Le'Veon Bell suffered Thursday night broke part of his helmet.

• The Capital News Service profiled Dr. Kevin Crutchfield, who is the independent neurologist at Baltimore Ravens home games.

• The Vancouver Sun focused on the Simon Fraser University football team, which has been experimenting during practices with a patch developed by school researchers that shows the effects and the size of blows to the head.

• The Associated Press profiled Ann McKee, director of neuropathology at the Department of Veteran Affairs in Bedford, Mass., who has been involved in extensive research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

• Dr. Hakeem Shakir and Dr. Elad Levy published an op-ed article in the Buffalo News that called for many youth sports -- including football -- to make changes to protect the heads of youth athletes.

• The Cleveland Plain-Dealer published a staff editorial that called the NFLPA's Trust program, which includes brain health for ex-players, a civilized response to a sometimes savage sport.

• The Albany Times Union published a staff editorial that praised a New York state bill that it said will move the concussion discussion forward in youth sports.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor