Stage IV is the most advanced form of the disease. As of early 2023, CTE has been diagnosed in 345 of the 376 NFL players studied by Boston University's CTE center. "For comparison, a 2018 Boston ...

25% of former football players who reported that they believed they had CTE also reported having suicidal thoughts Approximately one-third of former football players believe they have a ...

Families of deceased NFL players pushed an appeals court to reverse a federal court's decision that they must dig up and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The NFL mandated the use of Guardian Caps during training camp and practices involving contact. Are there scientific findings ...

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 ...

Former Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck died at 52 in December. His family revealed he suffered from CTE before his ...

1994 and 1999: more pathological findings established. 2005: Dr. Bennet Omalu described the first case of CTE in a retired football player, which led to increased concern and media attention ...

After football and rugby ... the evidence that repetitive head impacts cause CTE. The risk for CTE among female ice hockey players remains unknown, and because the rules around checking differ ...

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 ...