Doctors and advanced researchers have long thought that the number of concussions suffered by athletes increased their likelihood of being diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic ...

It was very much up in the air whether or not Higgins was going to be able to clear concussion protocol. Higgins entered the protocol for the second time in as many weeks Monday and was a limited ...

TUESDAY, Oct. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks who’ve suffered one or two concussions at some point shouldn’t worry about developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a new study has concluded.

BOSTON -- Researchers say they have found a traumatic brain disease in former Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots fullback Kevin Turner, who was the lead plaintiff in a concussion lawsuit ...

As fears over CTE grow, helmet makers are rethinking how much protection is too much. One startup says lighter could actually be safer.

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey, told her social media followers that her “secret” concussion history — not knockout losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes — forced her to retire ...

Dave Zirin argues in The Nation that sports media has largely abandoned CTE coverage despite nine former and current NFL players under 48 dying in 2025. Seven of those deaths were suicides, involved ...

BOSTON -- The Concussion Legacy Foundation says former NFL defensive end Bubba Smith was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy by researchers after his death. Smith died in 2011 at 66 of ...

The latest head-trauma news in football is decidedly mixed: not good, but now there’s at least some hope for improvement. First, the bad parts: the family of Junior Seau, the former All-Pro football ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Researchers have confirmed that a former NFL lineman from Pennsylvania who died of suicide at 25 had the brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Adrian Robinson Jr.