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

“A Qualifying Diagnosis of Death with CTE shall be made only for Retired NFL Football Players who died ... that was the greatest impetus for the lawsuit. Despite Lothamer being a plaintiff ...

Despite the settled lawsuit, Lothamer-Welch feels that the NFL is doing little for players diagnosed with CTE. "I felt like they treated a lot of the guys that built that league on their backs ...

The controversial correlation between football and brain injuries has dominated the National Football League (NFL) for years. Hundreds of players have been posthumously diagnosed with chronic ...

After retirement, he fought for years to bring light to his post-NFL journey and the fears he had around his struggles and symptoms that he knew whole-heartedly was CTE. He often felt forgotten ...

A 2017 study conducted by the Boston University CTE Center concluded that the brains of 99% of former NFL players had at least trace amounts of the neurodegenerative disease. Researchers studied ...

But now in hindsight, I understand that he was suffering from the symptoms of CTE due to the repeated trauma his brain and body endured over 11 seasons in the NFL. My father put his body on the ...

The brain of former NFL star, Frank Wycheck, was found to have severe damage from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Wycheck passed away in December 2023 at the age of 52. His family ...

"Our family is grateful to learn of his confirmed CTE diagnosis in hopes to continue our father's desire to bring awareness, increased intervention, education, and support for NFL alumni and their ...

The family of late NFL tight end Frank Wycheck confirmed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death 13 months ago, per ESPN. CTE is a degenerative brain ...

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