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Home > Blog > Archive by Category "Media Interviews"
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    Survivor shares story of hope to raise awareness of brain aneurysms

    Since suffering a brain aneurysm in 2013, Debbie Dunn can’t believe the number of people, even locally, who stand as survivors with her. But there is so much to be learned about brain aneurysms that she spearheaded her own support group known as the Joe Niekro Foundation Support Group of Rome, which has about 12 […]

    Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2016
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    Survivor Tale: Know the Symptoms, Get Scanned

    Maria Ross is a branding consultant, author and speaker who lives on the West Coast with her husband, Paul and their dog, Eddie. At age 35, Maria was struck down by an unexpected brain aneurysm and had an amazing recovery. She uses her voice to advocate for brain injury survivors and has written a humorous […]

    Posted on Monday, June 4, 2012
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    JNF and HCA Healthcare…a True Partnership

    The Joe Niekro Foundation is thrilled to announce our new partnership with HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division.  This new found partnership allows for The Joe Niekro Foundation to continue with our mission of aneurysm awareness, aneurysm education, aneurysm research and aneurysm treatment for patients and families.  Over the years, The Joe Niekro Foundation has given hundreds […]

    Posted on Saturday, October 2, 2010
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    Joe Niekro’s Knuckleball Lives On

    I just got done watching E60 on ESPN, not a show I typically tune into, but tonight’s story had a special meaning.  Tonight, featured a story on Dad and how his knuckleball teaching has carried on through the years, making Chelsea Baker one of the best little league pitchers in the country.  Chelsea, now 13, […]

    Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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    Niekro to be Inducted in the Ohio Valley Hall of Fame

    THREE ATHLETES who starred on the gridiron while a fourth who went on to star in Major League Baseball are the latest four selections into the OVAC Hall of Fame. Tom Rataiczak, Executive Secretary of the OVAC, announced that Bridgeport’s Joe Niekro and Martins Ferry’s Larry Duck are the honorees for the decade of the […]

    Posted on Monday, June 7, 2010
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