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FILE - Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (85) collides with Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) during the first half of an NFL football game, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Cincinnati. Hamlin was injured on the play. Quick on-the-field emergency care from well-rehearsed medical personnel is widely credited with helping save Damar Hamlin's life. Hamlin, who made a full recovery after being revived following a cardiac arrest on the field has been announced as the 2023 George Halas Award winner on Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
Damar Hamlin honored with PFWA Halas Award for overcoming adversity

May. 15, 2023 04:42 PM EDT

FILE - Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin reacts after a play during the first half of the team's NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 9, 2022, in Orchard Park, Hamlin has been cleared to resume playing and is attending the team’s voluntary workout program some four months after going into cardiac arrest and having to be resuscitated on the field during a game at Cincinnati, general manager Brandon Beane said Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)
Hamlin says blow to chest caused cardiac arrest on field

By The Associated Press Apr. 18, 2023 05:46 PM EDT

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin speaks to reporters at the NFL football team's facility in Orchard Park, N.Y., Tuesday, April 18, 2023, saying he plans to resume his football career after being cleared to play more than four months after going into cardiac arrest and needing to be resuscitated on the field during a game at Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Wawrow)
Damar Hamlin timeline from injury to return to Bills

By The Associated Press Apr. 18, 2023 04:25 PM EDT

Buffalo Bills say Damar Hamlin cleared to resume playing, is attending workouts 4 months after going into cardiac arrest

Apr. 18, 2023 11:20 AM EDT
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills say Damar Hamlin cleared to resume playing, is attending workouts 4 months after going into cardiac arrest. ...

FILE - Buffalo Bills co-owner Kim Pegula stands on the field before an NFL football game, in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. 28, 2019. Pro tennis player Jessica Pegula has revealed that her mother, Buffalo Bills and Sabres co-owner Kim Pegula, went into cardiac arrest in June and is "improving every day" as she deals with significant language and memory issues. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth, File)
Jessica Pegula reveals her mother Kim Pegula's health crisis

Feb. 07, 2023 01:32 PM EST

A Buffalo Bills fan holds up a sign in support of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) prior to an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
Hamlin thankful, speaks publicly for 1st time in video

By John Wawrow Jan. 28, 2023 08:05 PM EST

FILE - Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (31) is shown before an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Hamlin was released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, more than a week after he went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated during a game at Cincinnati, after his doctors said they completed a series of tests. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
Damar Hamlin gets call of support from New York Gov. Hochul

Jan. 19, 2023 01:55 PM EST

A Buffalo Bills logo is displayed near Buffalo General Medical Center, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Buffalo, N.Y. Bills safety Damar Hamlin was discharged from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Monday and flown to Buffalo, where he will continue his recovery at Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute after going into cardiac arrest and having to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
Doctors: Bills' Hamlin in good spirits, undergoing testing

By John Wawrow Jan. 10, 2023 03:52 PM EST

FILE - Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin high fives his little brother Damir Hamlin, 7, during a celebrity kickball game with all proceeds going to the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship fund which provides college tuition to local high school graduates, at George Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (Maya Giron/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)
Damar Hamlin's toy drive: What's the plan for the $8.6M?

By Thalia Beaty Jan. 10, 2023 02:56 PM EST

Fans stand for photographs by a sign in support of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin outside Highmark Stadium before an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y. Hamlin remains hospitalized after suffering a catastrophic on-field collapse in the team's previous game against the Cincinnati Bengals. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
Bills safety Hamlin back in Buffalo to resume recovery

By John Wawow And Carolyn Thompson Jan. 09, 2023 03:10 PM EST

Candles and a cross sit outside UC Medical Center where Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamiln remains hospitalized, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Cincinnati. Damar Hamlin has shown what physicians treating him are calling “remarkable improvement over the past 24 hours,” the team announced in a statement on Thursday, three days after the player went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Damar Hamlin asked who won Bills-Bengals when he woke up

By John Wawrow And Carolyn Thompson Jan. 05, 2023 10:52 AM EST

A person leaves flowers for the display set-up for Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin outside of University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Cincinnati. Hamlin was taken to the hospital after collapsing on the field during the Bill's NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)
Hamlin's collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation

By Ali Swenson, David Klepper And Sophia Tulp Jan. 04, 2023 05:47 PM EST

Buffalo Bills' Siran Neal (33) and Nyheim Hines react after teammate Damar Hamlin was injured during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
EXPLAINER: What happened to Damar Hamlin?

By Rob Maaddi Jan. 03, 2023 04:58 AM EST

Buffalo Bills say safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in game against the Bengals

Jan. 03, 2023 02:01 AM EST
CINCINNATI (AP) — Buffalo Bills say safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in game against the Bengals. ...

This Sept. 28, 2018 photo shows batting helmets in a rack before a Major League Baseball game in New York. According to study published Friday, May 24, 2019, NFL players may be more likely to die from brain diseases and heart problems than MLB players but the reasons are unclear. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
Deaths from brain, heart problems higher for NFL than MLB

By Lindsey Tanner May. 24, 2019 11:46 AM EDT