25% of former football players who reported that they believed they had CTE also reported having suicidal thoughts ...
The NFL has to be feeling good about the work it's done to help curb the rate of concussions for its players, but the work is ...
Families of deceased NFL players pushed an appeals court to reverse a federal court's decision that they must dig up and diagnose the players with CTE to qualify for the NFL's concussion settlement.
One of the NFL's most influential agents for years, Leigh Steinberg is now aiming to support emerging approaches for head ...
A previous version of this story included the incorrect year that Wycheck died. He died on Dec. 9, 2023. If you're a fan of the sport of football this is an amazing time. Five consecutive days of ...
The revelation of CTE in Wycheck's brain makes him the rule, rather than the exception, among his peers. A 2017 study by Boston University studied the brains of 202 deceased football players ...
It might seem odd that the author of a book called "Brainwashed: The Bad Science Behind CTE and the Plot to Destroy Football" is a pro football player who had to retire from the NFL in 1994 ...
Hundreds of players have been posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease that has been linked to football. As these issues continued, the NFL agreed to ...
Frank Wycheck was diagnosed with CTE just over a year after the former Titans star's death at the age of 52, his family ...
which they believe further highlights the concerns around CTE in contact sports like football. They want to honor his legacy with a stronger commitment to player safety and support for those ...