The New York Times – Sports:
Meiko Locksley was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. His father, the head coach at Maryland, is still reckoning with the implications.
Category: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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C.T.E. Found for First Time in Female Pro Athlete
The New York Times – Sports:
Heather Anderson, an Australian rules football player, was found posthumously to have had the degenerative brain disease.
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Collective Force of Head Hits Increases Odds of CTE, Study Says
The New York Times – Sports:
The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease.
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An N.F.L. Doctor Wants to Know Why Some Players Get C.T.E. and Others Don’t
The New York Times – Sports:
The newly opened National Sports Brain Bank plans to study head trauma specific to athletes. Jerome Bettis has already pledged to donate his brain.
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Charles White, Heisman Winner With a Difficult Second Act, Dies at 64
The New York Times – Sports:
A tough, bruising tailback, he set U.S.C.’s career rushing record. But he also dealt with drug and alcohol abuse and, later, dementia.
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What the N.F.L. Says, and What It Doesn’t, About Injuries
The New York Times – Sports:
The league regularly shares information about concussions and knee injuries, but it reveals only so much about player health in general.
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Will This Device Protect Athletes’ Brains, or Only Make Them Think It Does?
The New York Times – Sports:
More and more pro and college athletes are trying on the Q-Collar as they search for something, anything, that might keep their brains safe. But does it work?
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A Test for C.T.E. in the Living May Be Closer Than Ever
The New York Times – Sports:
A 2019 scientific breakthrough and recent studies have given leading researchers optimism that C.T.E. could soon be detected in blood samples or via brain scans.
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As Top Scientists Say Concussions Can Cause C.T.E., These Sports Doctors Dig In
The New York Times – Sports:
As another major medical institution acknowledged the link between concussions and C.T.E., a group of scientists who guide many of sports’ top governing organizations dismissed the research at its conference.