September 29, 2006
An Unwelcome Visitor in the Locker Room
A deadly bacterium has killed at least one athlete and has colleges scrambling to make their facilities safe
About a month ago, a senior football player at Bowdoin College went to bed barely noticing what looked like a small pimple on his lower leg. When he woke up the next day, he followed a typical schedule for a college athlete: ate in the dining hall, hung out in his friend's dorm room, worked out at the gym, stopped by the training room, and attended practice.
Eight hours
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