Morning Express with Robin Meade

Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez is someone who knows a thing or two about high-pressure sports situations.

We know he's a football star, but did you know he played division one basketball in college? UC Berkeley made it to the sweet 16 during his junior year.

Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson: 20 months. Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman: 5 months. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries: 72 days. Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman: 32 days. Cher and Gregg Allman: Nine days. Britney Spears and Jason Alexander: 55 hours. If these celebrity lovebirds can't make it, what chance do the rest of us have for a meaningful, long-lasting relationship?

Pretty good actually. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average first marriage in the United States lasts eight years.

The Harbaugh brothers better be careful about letting their players visit the French Quarter before the big game in New Orleans this weekend.

Not because of the party-too-hearty night life... because of the FOOD! It's too good! One night on the town, and those elite athletes might not fit into their uniforms this Sunday.

When former NFL star Junior Seau committed suicide last year, he had a brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head. That's according to the National Institutes of Health.

Seau is the latest prominent player to suffer from a brain disease called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE.  CTE is connected to athletes who get hit in the head a lot during their playing careers. 

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Commissioner Roger Goodell -- who's on the cover of Time Magazine this month -- says they'll vote on whether to get rid of kickoffs this off-season.

The reason for the possible change? Player safety. 

Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins last weekend and fled the scene, leaving their baby daughter and his mother behind.

Before he left, Belcher apologized to his mother, Cheryl Shepherd, who was staying with the couple, and that's when she called 911.