Former Falcons DE Tim Green Diagnosed with ALS

Former Atlanta Falcons defensive end Tim Green announced Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with ALS, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Green wrote in a Facebook post that he's "extremely grateful that mine is a slow-progressing version of the disease" and noted he'll discuss the situation further during an appearance Sunday on CBS' 60 Minutes.

"While the football field is far away, I find myself in a formidable struggle. For the past five years I've been coping with some neurological problems in my hands. At first the doctors thought the damage I'd done to my elbows in football was the culprit, so they operated to release the nerves, but the issue persisted and my voice began to…