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INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano saw nothing unusual during Sundays game.The field conditions at Lucas Oil Stadium were ideal and the two teams competed hard and were generally clean.So one day after three players and what looked like a fourth left the field with apparent concussions, Pagano provided a simple answer as to what happened: Its an unfortunate part of the game.The speed of this game is what it is, Pagano said. These guys are flying around at a high rate of speed. These are big, strong, athletic guys flying around out there.Others believe theres more to it.Following the game, Andy Reid downplayed the notion that the field had any role in the injuries, even though starting quarterback Alex Smith appeared to get injured a second time when his head slammed into the ground. Smith did not return and reporters were told he was out with a concussion, something Reid confirmed during his postgame news conference.On Monday, Chiefs head trainer Rick Burkholder clarified what happened, explaining Smith passed the concussion test twice and never actually was diagnosed with a concussion. Still, Reid was asked again about whether the playing surface at Indianapolis (3-5) could have had anything to do with the head injuries.Indys retractable roof stadium is 8 years old and there have been few complaints about the FieldTurf Classic surface that was installed when the stadium opened. Last September, Sports Illustrated ranked the field No. 13 in the league and described the surface as popular because it was designed for softness and durability and reduced the splash of rubber pellets.Stadium director Mike Fox said the NFL requires fields to be tested before each game and Lucas Oil generally grades out on the softer, or safer, end of the spectrum.Even though we are on our original turf, our numbers are well within the requirements of the league and are consistently among the best in the NFL, Fox said Monday. We test our turf every week before the game, as required by the NFL.This isnt the first time Kansas City has had a problem in Indy .On their last trip to Lucas Oil Stadium, a playoff game in January 2014, the Chiefs lost two key players with head injuries -- running back Jamaal Charles and cornerback Brandon Flowers -- and blew a 28-point lead.We havent had a lot of luck on that turf, Reid said. Jamaal had his situation, Flowers had the same situation. Im not sure what the record shows of it.Still, Reid believes Sundays injuries were more a result of bad luck and big hits, some that may have gone over the line in an already dangerous game.Smith, for instance, left on the games opening possession after appearing to take a helmet-to-helmet hit from linebacker Edwin Jackson as he slid to a stop. No penalty was called, to the dismay of the Chiefs. Doctors, Reid said, then cleared Smith to return when they determined a cut ear affected his equilibrium.Two quarters later, Smith departed again, this time when Clayton Geathers appeared to jam the head of the sliding quarterback into the turf. Again, no penalty.But Smith was hardly alone.Kansas City running back Spencer Ware did not play in the second half, Colts cornerback Vontae Davis left after apparently taking a shot in the end zone from a teammate, and Indianapolis right tackle Joe Reitz departed in the second half -- all three with concussions.Pretty good game, guys were slammed around a little bit, Reid said afterward.But rather than looking for explanations, both coaches seemed more concerned with getting back to work and making sure all these guys come back healthy.Its unfortunate, Pagano said. You dont ever want to see anybody get hurt on either team.Game notesPagano acknowledged left guard Jack Mewhort (triceps) had a setback during practice last Wednesday and thats why Mewhort was inactive against Kansas City. He wouldnt say whether Mewhort could return this week. ... 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"This record is incredible," Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said.After six months of doping investigations, Richard McLaren delivered an emphatic verdict on Friday: Russia has hijacked sporting competitions for years, cheating rivals out of medals, and deceiving spectators.A 144-page report backed up by 1,166 supporting documents was sent by McLaren to the World Anti-Doping Agency, building on his initial findings in July into Russias state-sponsored doping program.Here is a breakdown of McLarens case against Russia:THE CATALYSTFour years out from hosting the Winter Olympics, Russia was embarrassed by an 11th-place finish in the medals standings at the 2010 Vancouver Games.With no time to cleanly enhance athlete performance in Sochi, Russia had to rely on its scientists and secret service agents known as `magicians to subvert WADA processes to power the country to the top of the standings. The doping deception continued through to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.THE SCALEMore than 1,231 samples reported by a Moscow laboratory to the sports ministry as containing a prohibited substance were recorded as negative tests on the WADA database or never reported at all.And at least 246 athletes were knowingly participating in the manipulation of results, according to McLaren. At the London Olympics, 15 Russian medal winners were identified as being part of a deception, and 10 have already been stripped of their medals.THE METHODSGrigory Rodchenkov, the head of Moscows anti-doping laboratory, was leading a double life. In public, Rodchenkov was being acclaimed for his work detecting steroids while secretly developing a cocktail of drugs with a very short detection window ahead of the London Olympics, McLaren reported. Still, retesting of samples from the 2008 and 2012 games has caught dozens of Russians whose samples still contained older substances.ddddddddddddRodchenkov has previously informed McLaren that urine samples for Russian athletes at the 2014 Games were swapped out for clean samples through a mouse hole in the wall at a laboratory in Sochi. Late-night bottle tampering was conducted by FSB agents, leaving no sign of scratches or marks to untrained eyes. Expert testimony details how thin strips of medal could be used to push up a ring around the bottles neck, and photographs show what are claimed to be telltale scratches left by the process.The Russians kept supplies of urine when athletes were not doping. So when they did cheat, those supplies could be used to replace the dirty A samples. The A samples would be diluted with salt or even Nescafe coffee granules to match the gravity and appearance of dirty B samples.Evidence of tampering emerged when samples showed salt levels above and below levels that were physiologically possible in healthy humans. And DNA analysis showed that athletes samples even contained urine from opposite sexes.THE GUILTYThere are hundreds of pages of emails allegedly between Rodchenkov and state officials listing athletes who have tested positive, and discussing whether to save them from punishment or quarantine them and let disciplinary processes take their course. However, almost all of the athletes names are redacted so as not to prejudice their privacy or future disciplinary proceedings.RUSSIAN REACTIONVitaly Smirnov, the veteran Olympic official appointed by President Vladimir Putin to oversee Russias doping reforms, and the sports ministry issued denials that Russia ran a state-sponsored doping system. ' ' '