ESPN on CTE and contact sports

How fears over CTE and football outpaced what researchers know

Over the years, the BU brain bank had amassed more than 150 from young contact sports athletes, and neuropathologist Ann McKee recently decided ...

Study finds CTE in 40% of athletes who died before 30 - ESPN

A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40% of youth, high school and college athletes.

The impact of brain research on contact sports - ESPN Video

The NFL has acknowledged for the first time that there is a relationship between football and CTE. And the science says that contact sports ...

Latest studies: Brain disease from contact sports more common

Recent brain research appears to suggest CTE is prevalent among people who played any contact sport, not just former NFL players, ...

OTL: State of CTE research - ESPN Video

New research shows the devastating disease CTE appears to be more widespread than originally thought. Mark Fainaru-Wada examines the new troubling signs for ...

NHLPA hopes committee helps players 'better understand CTE'

A degenerative brain disease, CTE has been identified in athletes and military combat veterans who sustained concussions or repeated blows to ...

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ESPN highlights the growing concerns over CTE and its connection to contact sports, and how the research and science behind it has ...

Study finds 'conclusive evidence' of head impact link to brain disease

Researchers have found "conclusive evidence" that repeated head impacts cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a new study showed.

New study released on CTE and youth sports - ESPN Video

Dr. Ann McKee joins OTL to share her latest findings in a study for CTE and youth sports.

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ESPN | A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40% of youth, high school and college ...

CTE found in nearly 90 percent of brains donated by football players

Research on 202 former football players found evidence of the brain disease CTE in nearly all of them, from NFL players to high school ...

OTL - New NFL CTE Cases - ESPN Video

Boston University researchers have discovered 27 more cases of chronic brain damage in deceased football players, including 15 NFL players, which more than ...

Study finds youth football tied to earlier CTE - ESPN

Ann McKee, director of Boston University's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, appearing on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" Monday, said the ...

NFL acknowledges, for first time, link between football, brain disease

The NFL, for the first time, acknowledged there is a link between football-related head trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

What happens if we can diagnose CTE in active players? - ESPN

Domonique Foxworth speculates on a world where "CTE symptoms" are on the injury report.

NFL legends receive CTE diagnosis - ESPN Video

NFL greats Tony Dorsett, Joe DeLamielleure and Leonard Marshall recently received the diagnosis that they have signs of CTE, the degenerative brain disease ...

Dr. Bennet Omalu: CTE obsession obscuring truth about brain ...

Bennet Omalu said. "CTE is just one disease in a spectrum of many diseases caused by brain trauma. If he doesn't have CTE, that doesn't mean ...

Outside the Lines: High School concussions - ESPN Video

Outside the Lines examines the issue of concussions amongst high school football players. Are players becoming more aware of the problem?

Heather Anderson diagnosed with CTE in 1st case for female athlete

"It's a real red flag that now women are participating [in contact sports] just as men are, that we are going to start seeing more and more CTE ...

Late NFL star Thomas had CTE, researchers say - ESPN

Boston University researchers say late NFL star wide receiver Demaryius Thomas had degenerative brain disease CTE · Copy Link · Email · Print.