The bombshell report last year that 110 of 111 brains of deceased NFL players showed tell-tale signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy caused many to reconsider just how safe their favorite…
ReadThe NFL has had a bad year with brain injuries. Several high-profile incidents caught the league ignoring its own concussion protocols and letting obviously concussed athletes remain on the field.…
ReadFor NFL players, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) represents an existential threat. They know researchers are hard at work developing a test to identify CTE in living people, and they know…
ReadThe NFL has been accused countless times of hiding downplaying or outright hiding the risk of brain injuries from its players, but one athlete says some in the league are…
ReadSince its discovery over a decade ago, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been a sort of boogeyman to both the worlds of professional sports (most notably football) and medical research.…
ReadFrom the start of his 2013 trial for murder to his death by suicide earlier this year, one question has loomed silently in the background of Aaron Hernandez’s troubled life:…
ReadAmerica officially agrees that brain injuries are a big problem for football, but don’t expect to see any big changes anytime soon. A recent survey shows that while the majority…
ReadCharlie Garner is a former NFL running back who rushed for over 7,000 yards and 39 touchdowns across an 11-year career with the Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders,…
ReadChronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has become a hot-button topic in both the medical and sports communities as the link between the permanent brain disease and repeated head impacts gradually becomes…
ReadTwo years after his death, another football great has joined the list of former NFL players to show signs of severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died. According to…
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