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	Encyclopedia: Korey Stringer
		Korey Stringer (May 8, 1974 - August 1, 2001) was an American football player who died from complications brought on by heat stroke, during training camp in Mankato, Minnesota while playing for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.
		Stringer was born in Warren, Ohio and attended Ohio State University.
		Stringer was unresponsive at the time of arrival and had an extremely high core temperature of over 108 degrees.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Korey-Stringer (659 words)

	Vikings cancel practice sessions in wake of Stringer death
		Stringer, 27, had been unable to finish the Vikings' first practice Monday morning, vomiting on the field several times before retreating to an trainer's trailer that was air-conditioned.
		Stringer had displayed no overt signs that he was ailing, but he suddenly summoned Barta to meet him in the trailer.
		Stringer was one of the Vikings' most active community members, having established his Korey's Crew program at local schools and with the St. Paul public library.
	www.startribune.com /news/sports/vikings/stringer0801.htm (812 words)

	CNNSI.com - Pro Football - Stringer family to file wrongful death lawsuit - Thursday November 08, 2001 08:39 PM
		Kelci Stringer, a 27-year-old widow with a 3-year-old son, is hoping that she will find the answers in a court of law.
		Kelci Stringer's legal team is scheduled to announce the lawsuit at a news conference Thursday in the Twin Cities, one week after the results of a three-month investigation by the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Division cleared the Vikings of any direct responsibility for Korey Stringer's death.
		She is filing her lawsuit even though she acknowledges that coaches Green and Tice were Korey Stringer's two strongest allies in the Vikings organization and it is painful for her to accuse them of negligence.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/news/2001/11/06/stringer_lawsuit (3089 words)

	ESPN.com - NFL - Vikings tackle Stringer dies from heatstroke
		MANKATO, Minn. -- Korey Stringer was determined to prove himself, especially after he needed to be carted off the field on the first day of practice because of exhaustion in the sweltering heat.
		Korey Stringer goes through a short-stepping drill Monday in the Vikings camp, but had difficulty handling the heat and was hospitalized Tuesday night.
		Stringer's wife, Kelci, and Kodie were at the team's training facility on the Minnesota State University campus Wednesday afternoon and other relatives were still arriving.
	espn.go.com /nfl/news/2001/0731/1233494.html (1381 words)

	NFL death shows heat is a killer
		Stringer, a father and Pro Bowl selection from last year, is believed to be the first professional football player to die from heatstroke in recent years.
		Stringer, who weighed 335 pounds, vomited three times during the morning conditioning drills in stifling humidity and temperatures in the low 90s.
		Stringer, a first-round draft pick out of Ohio State in 1995, had problems keeping his weight under control and often had trouble in the first days of camp.
	www.post-gazette.com /headlines/20010802stringer2p2.asp (832 words)

	Korey Stringer - Memorial Charity Classic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Korey believed in giving back to the community where he was raised, and Korey’s dedication to youth programs and community service were exemplary.
		The Stringer Fund is pleased to announce the third annual Korey Stringer/Outback Steakhouse Memorial Charity Classic, which will be held on June 28 and 29, 2004 The format for the Classic will be the same as last year, with the free football camp being held on Monday June 28, 2004.
		Both Korey and his wife were active in the Minnesota, and in particular the Twin Cities community through the “Viking Super Challenge, which is a reading program.
	www.koreystringercharityclassic.org (266 words)

	Jet: Korey Stringer's widow sues Minnesota Vikings - Law & Justice - Kelci Stringer - Brief Article
		Kelci Stringer, widow of Minnesota Vikings tackle Korey Stringer, recently filed a $100 million lawsuit against the team saying she wants to know why her husband died after an intensive practice at the team's training facility last year.
		Stringer, 27, a devoted husband and dedicated father to his 3-year-old son, died 15 hours later of complications from heatstroke at a Mankato hospital.
		In the lawsuit, the Stringer family contends that on July 30, the first day of training camp, then-offensive line coach Mike Tice called the 27-year-old player a "big baby" for struggling in the summer heat; which forced Stringer to leave practice and be taken off the field in a cart because of exhaustion.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_7_101/ai_83040496 (629 words)

	NFL.com: Minnesota Vikings Team News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Stringer was unconscious when he arrived at Immanuel St. Joseph's-Mayo Health System in Mankato, and had a temperature of over 108 degrees.
		Stringer vomited at least three times during Tuesday's practice and got the wind knocked out of him during one-on-one drills.
		Stringer, 27, struggled earlier in his career to keep his weight under control, but made the Pro Bowl last year for the first time.
	www.nfl.com /news/2001/MIN/stringer080101.html (349 words)

	CNNSI.com - Pro Football - Stringer family announces $100M suit vs. Vikings - Tuesday January 15, 2002 10:25 PM
		MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings forced lineman Korey Stringer to practice the day after he fell ill at training camp and didn't attend to him fast enough when he was stricken a second time, his family says in a $100 million lawsuit announced Tuesday.
		Stringer's widow, Kelci Stringer, said the purpose of the lawsuit mainly is to get answers from the Vikings about how he died.
		Kelci Stringer; their son, Kodie Stringer; and the player's parents, James and Cathy Stringer, are the plaintiffs.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/news/2002/01/15/stringer_lawsuit_ap (792 words)

	nbc5i.com - News - Team Mourns All-Pro's Death
		While Korey Stringer's family continued to make their way to Mankato to mourn the death of the Vikings' offensive lineman, players and head coach Dennis Green grieved publicly at a morning press conference.
		Stringer's wife and son arrived in Mankato last night, WCCO 4 News reports.
		Moss seemed to gain composure when he talked about how "No. 77, Korey Stringer, is going to be missed" running through the tunnel on game day, having his number called and seeing his wife and son after the game.
	www.nbc5i.com /news/899737/detail.html (988 words)

	Korey Stringer's Story - May 2002
		Korey, 27, a 6-foot-4-inch, 335-pound Pro Bowl tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, died of heart failure brought on by heatstroke after working out with teammates in scorching heat.
		Stringer was a peacemaker, according to George Johnson, pastor of Agape Church, an independent Pentecostal church the Stringer family attends in Warren, Ohio.
		Korey, not a believer at the time, read that Bible a lot, says Johnson, especially the books of John, James and Proverbs.
	www.connectionmagazine.org /2002_05/sp_korey_stringer.htm (359 words)

	Too Hot To Handle: USA Today Reports Korey Stringer's Death
		Players, coaches and fans awoke to the news that Minnesota Vikings Pro Bowl offensive lineman Korey Stringer, described by Vikings coach Dennis Green as "a brother, a teammate and a friend," had died.
		Stringer, 27, stood 6-4 and weighed at least 330 pounds.
		Stringer's death, a week after an incoming freshman football player at the University of Florida died of what a medical examiner determined was heatstroke, renews focus on the potentially deadly combination of rugged football training and hot, humid weather.
	imet.csus.edu /imet2/nicher/toohotwebquest/korey.html (413 words)

	Korey Stringer's heat-related death touches all players, from pros to preps
		The death of Minnesota Vikings offensive tackle Korey Stringer from complications from heatstroke early yesterday morning affected football players, coaches and administrators throughout the country, causing grief and introspection.
		Stringer, 27, died from complications from heatstroke after practicing Tuesday in hot, humid weather conditions similar to what the Steelers have experienced the past two weeks in Latrobe.
		Stringer is survived by his wife, Kelci, and a son, Kodie.
	www.post-gazette.com /steelers/20010802steelesteel2p2.asp (2138 words)

	USATODAY.com - Korey Stringer remembered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Stringer suffered from heatstroke during Tuesday's workouts and was rushed to a hospital.
		Korey found a way to lighten the loss and that's just the kind of character and person that he is."
		Stringer started at right tackle the past two years for the Vikings, making his home in the Twin Cities area and giving his time to local charities.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/nfl/ravens/2001-08-01-stringer.htm (572 words)

	SignOnSanDiego National Football League -- Vikings prepare to play on without Stringer
		Stringer, a 335-pound Pro Bowl right tackle, collapsed following an intense practice in stifling heat and humidity Tuesday morning and died 15 hours later at a Mankato hospital of complications from heat stroke.
		In an interview with the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, Knowles said doctors measured Stringer's temperature at 108.8, a level that is fatal in 80 percent of cases.
		Stringer was given intravenous fluids to cool him down and moved from the emergency room to a critical-care unit, where he was plunged into buckets and tubs filled with icy water.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nfl/20010802-0957-fbn-vikings-.html (1229 words)

	ESPN.com - NFL - Family accepts results, will monitor investigation
		MINNEAPOLIS -- Results of an autopsy on the body of Korey Stringer confirm the Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman died of multiple organ failure due to heatstroke.
		Stringer's agent, James Gould, said Thursday night the family accepts the results but will continue to seek answers to their questions.
		Stringer, a 27-year-old Pro Bowl right tackle, died last week at a Mankato hospital, about 14 hours after collapsing after an intense practice in stifling heat and humidity.
	espn.go.com /nfl/news/2001/0809/1237510.html (444 words)

	Football widow takes on NFL - Dateline NBC - MSNBC.com
		Kelci Stringer and her husband, pro football player Korey Stringer had it all, a beautiful young son, a big house in Minneapolis, and a $18.6 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings.
		Korey's widow was outraged and felt the team was blaming the victim, especially when the Vikings said Korey's death was caused by the diet supplement ehphedra.
		Korey's widow was not about to accept what was happening to her and her family.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4548126 (1774 words)

	CNN.com - Vikings football player dies of heat stroke - August 2, 2001
		By the time Stringer arrived at the hospital, he was unresponsive and had a core body temperature over 108 degrees.
		Stringer is the second high-profile football player in the past two weeks to die of heat stroke.
		Stringer was Minnesota's first-round pick in the 1995 college draft.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/US/08/01/vikings.death (476 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Get over Stringer? Not yet
		Minnesota Vikings players stand during a moment of silence for teammate Korey Stringer prior to their preseason game.
		Korey Stringer isn't out for the season with a torn ACL or some other football injury.
		The clearer honoring of Stringer was on the countenances of several Minnesota players.
	www.caller2.com /2001/august/12/today/sportsna/8204.html (601 words)

	NFL: Korey Stringer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Stringer, in his 6th year out of Ohio State, has become an overpowering presence (6-4, 346) on the right side of the Vikings' offensive line.
		Korey Stringer: The thing is, growing up playing sports, I never tried to get the spotlight or all the attention.
		Korey Stringer: Being from a community like Warren, which a hot-bed for high school football, I was fortunate.
	www.usatoday.com /community/chat/1212stringer.htm (1333 words)

	nbc6.net - News - Stringer's Family Releases Statement
		As Vikings players got back to work on the practice field today, the family of Korey Stringer, 27, who died early Wednesday from heat-stroke complications, released their first statement about his death through Stringer's agent.
		As Stringer's family was publicly talking about his death, the Vikings got back on the practice field, a day after Stringer died from a heat stroke suffered during workouts in Tuesday's stifling heat and humidity.
		Stringer's funeral will be held in his hometown of Warren, Ohio, and is set for Monday.
	www.nbc6.net /news/902009/detail.html (584 words)

	Korey Stringer Story CNBC Right Now - BuckeyePlanet Ohio State Forums
		Stringer's lawsuit against the Vikings was thrown out, and on top of that she got stuck footing almost $50,000 in legal fees for the Vikings
		Stringer probably needs to come to grips with the fact that sometimes there is no one to blame for bad things that happen.
		Korey was his own man, but it's on the coaches and trainers to watch these guys.
	www.buckeyeplanet.com /forum/showthread.php?t=8376 (1169 words)

	Minnesota Vikings, National Football League - CBS SportsLine.com
		The team was responding to a motion filed by Stringer's widow, Kelci, in her $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the team, scheduled for trial June 9.
		Kelci Stringer's attorney, Paul DeMarco, said the team was trying to smear her husband's reputation.
		Team lawyers also wrote that Stringer came into training camp out of shape and that Kelci Stringer told Mike Tice, then the team's offensive line coach and now head coach, that her husband may have been fasting the week before starting practice.
	cbs.sportsline.com /nfl/story/6211751 (701 words)

	TIME.com: The Dog Days and Football -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I read in the paper during the commute that they're having the funeral for Korey Stringer this afternoon in Warren, Ohio.
		Korey Stringer's, for instance, reached 108 degrees last Wednesday, and anything over 103 means trouble.
		Korey Stringer will not be the last football player to die of heatstroke this season, and in fact he wasn't the first.
	www.time.com /time/sampler/article/0,8599,170145,00.html (1214 words)

	JS Online: Vikings Tackle Korey Stringer Dies
		Stringer, who left practice early on Monday because of the heat, vomited at least three times during Tuesday morning's practice but didn't summon a trainer until the drills had ended.
		Stringer was unconscious when he arrived at Immanuel St. Joseph's-Mayo Health System in Mankato and had a temperature of over 108.
		Stringer had struggled with weight problems early in his career before slimming down and having a breakout Pro Bowl season last year.
	www.jsonline.com /packer/news/aug01/stringer-web80101.asp (1030 words)

	Sports/Legal: Korey Stringer's Widow Sues NFL...and just about everybody else as well
		Korey Stringer's widow sued the NFL in U.S. District Court on Monday, filing a suit that says the league fosters a "deadly culture" of abusive exercise that contributed to the death of the Minnesota Vikings' lineman during training camp in 2001.
		The lawsuit names the NFL, Riddell, and Dr. John Lombardo, a Columbus sports physician who the lawsuit says is a member of the NFL safety and injury panel and advises the NFL on health issues.
		We share the Stringer family's sadness, but we are surprised and disappointed that the approach to this tragedy is to continue to pursue a strategy of litigation," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/954538/posts (852 words)

	Stringer dreams live on at camp - - The Tribune Chronicle - Your Mahoning Valley News Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Korey Stringer, a 1992 Warren G. Harding graduate, would have loved the setting.
		Cathy Stringer, Korey's mother, enjoyed the day as much as possible for someone who had to bury her son last August.
		It says something about Stringer's legacy that Steussie would want to give his time to help a camp in a city far from his work home of Charlotte, N.C. Stringer had a way about him that touched those close to him.
	www.tribune-chronicle.com /news/story/06112002_new03.asp (832 words)

	Webshots AP News Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A judge dismissed claims by Korey Stringer's widow against the Minnesota Vikings on Friday but allowed her $100 million wrongful death lawsuit to go forward against the team's training camp physician and his clinic.
		Kelci Stringer's attorney, Stanley Chesley, said the Stringer family intends to go forward against Knowles and the clinic, and will appeal Larson's dismissal of the claims against the Vikings trainers and coaches and two other team physicians.
		"The Stringers expect their position that Vikings employees and physicians were responsible for Korey's death to be upheld in the end," Chesley said.
	daily.webshots.com /content/ap/current/h38343050.html (331 words)

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