Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
95/100
NBC News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
4
Health
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Hall of Fame running back and Southern University football coach Marshall Faulk revealed that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and hopes early detection will give him chances “at living a better quality of life.”
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detection → reveal → life
The 53-year-old made the announcement on “The Caring Neurologist” podcast on Wednesday, telling host Dr. Sandeep Thakkar that he hopes others will look out for early symptoms in themselves.
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others → make → themselves
“What you want to do with that information is pass it on to the next generation to make sure that they have it better. that they know more,” Faulk said.
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Faulk → want → more
“And you’re doing the leave this world a better place than it was, you know, when I got here.”
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I → do → place
Faulk said he has been living with the condition for about 18 months and has experienced some hand rigidity and tremors.
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he → say → rigidity
“I think I caught it early and I’m in a good place,” the football icon said.
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icon → think → place
”I didn’t look at it like I got a diagnosis, it was something bad that I was, you know, life was going to end.
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life → look → diagnosis
Now, if you don’t take care of it, there’s an opportunity for that to be, but you have to take care of it.”
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you → take → it
The coach is optimistic that medications can, at least in the immediate future, stave off the most serious symptoms of Parkinson’s.
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medications → stave → Parkinson
“The earlier you catch it, the better chance you have at living a better quality of life with medication compared to if you catch it later, then you, the things that you start to have, the things that you go through, it makes life a little bit more difficult,” he said.
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he → catch → that
Faulk played 12 years in the NFL, seven for the then-St. Louis Rams and five for the Indianapolis Colts.
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Faulk → play → Colts
He rushed for 12,279 yards, 13th most in league history.
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He → rush → history
But it Faulk’s ability to catch the football which made him one of the game’s most dangerous weapons.
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him → catch → weapons
His 19,514 total yards from scrimmage ranks 5th all-time.
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yards → rank → scrimmage
Faulk and his “Greatest Show on Turf” Rams won the 2000 Super Bowl.
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Faulk → win → Bowl
The No. 2 overall pick in 1994 out of San Diego State was inducted into Canton in 2011.
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pick → induct → 2011
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