If more isn’t done to combat concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more families will be grieving tragic deaths.

It starts with a hit. Maybe a tackle in a high school football game. Maybe a blast wave during military service. The damage ...

NFL super-agent Leigh Steinberg opens up about the brain trauma crisis in football and his mission to protect athletes ...

Concussions are one of the most common injuries in high school football, with an estimated 100,000 to 150,000 cases each year—yet nearly half go unreported, increasing the risk of long-term brain ...

Dozens of widows and other caregivers for former NFL players diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) say a ...

Dozens of widows and other caregivers for former NFL players diagnosed with CTE say a published study is insulting and ...

Dozens of widows and other caregivers for former NFL players diagnosed with CTE say a published study is insulting and dismissive of their experience living with the degenerative brain disease.

Wycheck died in December 2023 after he sustained a fall at his Tennessee home. He had made clear that he wished to work with experts on CTE research and related brain injuries.

The NFL in 2016 acknowledged a link between football and CTE, and the league agreed to settle thousands of player lawsuits over head injuries for $765 million in 2013.

A new study of nearly 2,000 former NFL players found that one in three of those surveyed believe they have the degenerative brain disease CTE, which has affected hundreds of professional football ...