A recent study found the degenerative brain disease CTE in 110 of 111 former NFL players who were posthumously examined by researchers at Boston University. Meanwhile, there’s never been a ...

That fear has led some NFL players, teenagers and weekend warriors to conclude -- fatalistically -- that whatever cognitive or emotional troubles they're enduring must be rooted in CTE; and it has ...

WASHINGTON - An NFL official has acknowledged a link between football and the brain disease CTE for the first time. Jeff Miller, the NFL's senior vice president for health and safety, spoke about ...

CTE has been a flashpoint for football over the past few years as the sport debates the treatment of on-field concussions at every level, from the NFL all the way down to local youth tackle leagues.

Former Auburn and San Diego Chargers running back Lionel “Little Train” James, who set the NFL record for all-purpose yards in 1985, was diagnosed with dementia at 55 and CTE after he died at 59.

Mike Webster, the Pittsburgh Steelers center who was profiled in the movie “Concussion,” was the first former NFL player to be diagnosed with CTE. He died of a heart attack at age 50.

The NFL’s apparent reversal of its stance on whether there is a link between football and the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) doesn't mean the league has fully ...

NFL supports safety official’s admitted link between CTE, football The NFL's tacit admission of a link between playing football and CTE is a complete game-changer.

What the NFL fails to realize is answers – transparency – only helps its cause. The sooner doctors can tell someone he will – or won’t – be at risk for CTE, the better it is for the long ...

Even though a Boston-based medical research group led by Dr. Ann McKee has found CTE in 90 of 94 deceased NFL players, the league resisted connecting the sport to the degenerative brain disease.

After years of denials, the NFL acknowledged in 2016 a link between football and CTE and eventually agreed to a settlement covering 20,000 retired players that provided up to $4 million for those ...