No number holds a more iconic place in Trojan football history than the number 55. Four All-America linebackers have worn it ...

Former Pro Bowl tight end Julius Thomas left the NFL when he was just 30. This month he graduated with a doctoral degree in ...

Dr. Charles Mitchell, a longtime educator who was president of Seattle Central College after starring for the Husky football ...

NFL widows struggled to care for ex-players with CTE. They say a new study minimizes their pain The pushback was led by Dr. Eleanor Perfetto, herself a medical researcher and the widow of former ...

The Boston University CTE Center studied the brains of 376 deceased former NFL players and diagnosed 345 of them with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This is 91.7 percent of those studied.

NFL News: A recent study suggesting media hype influences caregivers' beliefs about CTE in ex-NFL players has sparked outrage. Widows, including Dr. Eleanor Per ...

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.

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.