CTE has been a flashpoint for football over the past few years as the sport debates the treatment of on-field concussions at every level, from the NFL all the way down to local youth tackle leagues.

BOSTON — Former NFL guard Conrad Dobler, who was once dubbed the “pro football’s dirtiest player” had CTE at the time of his death at age 72 in February 2023, doctors announced Wednesday.

A new study released by the department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University found that 87 of 91 deceased NFL players who were tested were found to have the brain disease CTE. The NFL released ...

For the new study, published in the journal Neurology, physicians looked for signs of possible CTE in brain scans of a living 59-year-old former NFL player. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ...

The frightening incident has since been met with calls for the NFL to re-examine its concussion protocols, especially given what's known about CTE — or Chronic traumatic encephalopathy — and ...

The film "Concussion" was inspired by his discovery of CTE in NFL players. More from Science World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu believes OJ Simpson suffers from CTE. The film ...

Irv Cross joins a list of 345 former NFL players who have been diagnosed with CTE by Boston University researchers Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

Former NFL player Vincent Jackson, who died by suicide earlier this year at the age of 38, had the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, his family ...

In an ironic twist, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown is attempting to give another player mental health advice. Sadly, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, is ...