The family of beloved Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck said the former player suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE ... Historic College Football Program Loses 27 Players ...

Credit: PA Images John Stiles ... encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with repeated head traumas. His son John heads up the Football Families for Justice ...

Denver Post/Getty Images When Jim Tyrer first appeared on a Pro Football Hall of Fame ... Tyrer's family and a doctor who treated the player, he can accept the CTE argument.

Only four teams remain in the hunt for the Super Bowl — the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles and ...

Dean Windass scored arguably the most famous goal in Hull City’s history (Picture ... former players affected by neurodegenerative disease by applying political pressure to the football authorities.

"The lone CTE case was a former college football player. The extremely low population rate of CTE is in line with similar studies from brain banks in Austria, Australia and Brazil. "The NFL player ...

conducted by the Harvard University Football Players Health Study, found that 34% of the former athletes believed that they had CTE. After football Wycheck was a larger-than-life star in the 1980s ...

The condition is rare in the general population, but those who play contact sports such as football are vulnerable. While CTE can be suspected during a person's life, it can only be definitively ...

His diagnosis has reignited discussions on player safety and ... and contributions to football history, was confirmed to have had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Stage III at the time ...

The family of the late Tennessee Titans player Frank Wycheck ... himself said he thought he had CTE. 'After my father’s retirement from professional football, our family faced challenges in ...

During his playing days in the NFL, Brett Favre was afraid of nothing, often holding onto the ball until the last second and taking hits before getting a pass off.