DALLAS — The death of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Thursday has fueled questions online about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or ...

A new study from the nation's largest brain bank found that 96 percent of the deceased NFL players tested showed positive results for having a degenerative brain disease connected with concussions.

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 ...

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The former NFL player accused of killing six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in April had stage 2 CTE, according to doctors who examined Phillip Adams' brain. Authorities have ...

BMX icon Dave Mirra, who died in February, suffered from the type of chronic brain damage that has shown up in the brains of dozens of football players, a University of Toronto neuropathologist has ...

A new study is showing more evidence of permanent brain damage in football players. Results of a study conducted by Boston University researchers were published in the Journal of the American Medical ...

The brain of formerKansas City Chiefslinebacker Jovan Belcher -- the 25-year-old player who shot and killed his girlfriend in 2012 before committing suicide -- showed signs of pervasivebrain damage ...

Millions of people, including athletes who play contact sports, members of the military and victims of domestic violence, are exposed to repetitive head impacts (RHI), which is the primary risk factor ...