News Archive

2019

New Zealand Brain Bank
Former top All Blacks donate brains for research
Thursday, December 5, 2019
New Zealand ›
Matthew Benedict USA Today
Concussions and contact sports: What these parents learned from their son's death
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
USA Today ›
Kevin Ellison LA Times CTE Diagnosis
A troubled ex-USC football star died at 31. His family hoped that studying his brain for CTE would help others
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Los Angeles Times ›
Dr. Robert Cantu Myles Garrett
Could Myles Garrett have killed Mason Rudolph when he struck QB with helmet?
Friday, November 15, 2019
USA Today ›
SHINE Study NPR
Women, soccer, and head injuries are focus of new research
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
TODAY ›
SHINE Study NPR
Women, soccer, and head injuries are focus of new research
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
TODAY ›
Mike Adamle Chicago Tribune
Mike Adamle, the former Bears running back and sportscaster, deals with slowly advancing dementia: ‘I’ll wake up one day, and there goes another part of me’
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Chicago Tribune ›
Chad Levitt ABC 6
Chad's Ride: Man bikes across the US to raise awareness for CTE
Friday, November 1, 2019
ABC 6 Philadelphia ›
WHDH Massachusetts Youth Football Hearing
Massachusetts lawmakers consider banning tackle football before 8th grade
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
7News Boston ›
Washington Post Glasgow Study
Pro soccer players at greater risk for neurodegenerative diseases, study finds
Monday, October 21, 2019
Washington Post ›
Darryl Hammond CTE Tackle Can Wait
New study warns of connection between youth tackle football and CTE
Thursday, October 17, 2019
News Channel 5 Nashville ›
Curtis Brown KMOV4
Group compares risks of kids playing tackle football to smoking cigarettes
Friday, October 11, 2019
KMOV4 ›
Angela Campigotto Harrison Tackle Can Wait
Ballston Spa woman enlists aid of her Saratoga Springs firm to tackle dangers of youth football
Friday, October 11, 2019
WNYT ›
Greg Lens KSTP 5 Tackle Can Wait
New study: CTE risk increases each year playing football
Friday, October 11, 2019
New study: CTE risk increases each year playing football ›
Tackle Can Wait NBC Sports
Concussion PSA compares youth football dangers to smoking
Thursday, October 10, 2019
NBC News ›
Associated Press Tackle Can Wait
Concussion PSA compares youth football dangers to smoking
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Associated Press ›
Boston University CTE Risk
CTE Risk More Than Doubles after Just Three Years of Playing Football
Monday, October 7, 2019
Boston University ›
Stan Mikita SportsNet CTE
Hockey Hall of Famer Stan Mikita suffered from CTE, researcher says
Friday, September 13, 2019
SportsNet ›
Rob Gronkowski CTE Fixed
Concussions Expert Says CTE Can’t Be Fixed, Rob Gronkowski Replies ‘I Fixed Mine’
Friday, September 13, 2019
CBS Boston ›
Rob Gronkowski NBC Sports CTE
Rob Gronkowski tweets that CTE is 'fixable' in debate with BU CTE center co-founder Chris Nowinski
Friday, September 13, 2019
NBC Sports ›
Stan Mikita CTE Diagnosis
Study shows hockey great Stan Mikita suffered from CTE
Friday, September 13, 2019
AP News ›
Chris Nowinski Flag Football Daily Herald
Why Concussion Legacy co-founder Nowinski wants youth tackle football eliminated
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Daily Herald ›
SHINE Study Bleacher Report
Why Women's Soccer Players Are Worried About Their Brains
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Bleacher Report ›
SHINE Study NPR
Women's Soccer Stars Concerned About Trauma From Repetitive Head Impact
Thursday, September 5, 2019
NPR ›
Chris Nowinski Wrestling SBNation
Chair shots to the head in wrestling are an unnecessary risk with permanent consequences
Friday, August 30, 2019
SB Nation ›
Dr. Robert Cantu Flag Football Boston Globe
When it comes to football, kids rallying ’round the flag
Friday, August 23, 2019
Boston Globe ›
Northwest Herald Tackle Football
Children, tackle football and the possible dangers of brain diseases
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Washington Post ›
SMH Cricket
'Athletes are in this together': Cricketers urged to make brain pledge
Friday, August 9, 2019
Sydney Morning Herald ›
Nick Buoniconti, Dolphins legend who shared the story of his mental decline, dies at 78
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Washington Post ›
Nick Buoniconti Miami Herald
Former teammates reflect on the life of Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, who dies at 78
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Miami Herald ›
Hockey fight decline ESPN
'The new normal': Why fighting in the NHL has dropped to historic lows
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
ESPN ›
New York Times Catcher Concussions
‘It’s Like an Explosion’: The Pain of a Foul Tip to the Catcher’s Mask
Friday, July 26, 2019
The New York Times ›
Michelle Akers Brandi Chastain SHINE Study
Brandi Chastain, Michelle Akers launch landmark CTE study for women's soccer: "We can't ignore this anymore"
Thursday, June 27, 2019
CBS This Morning ›
National Rugby League CTE
Rugby league rocked by first proof of former players with CTE
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Sydney Morning Herald ›
Gracie Concussion Challenge
Rose Gracie’s fight against CTE: ‘Everyone I have ever loved has been dealing with this’
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
The Athletic ›
Leonard Marshall NJ.com
This Giants great speaks loudly about the dangers of football. Has it cost him an honor he covets?
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
NJ.com ›
CNN International Soccer Concussion Protocols
International football's concussion protocols 'are the worst in the world'
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
CNN ›
Chris Football Morning in America
FMIA: Smart NFL People Share 25 Ways To Make Pro Football Better
Monday, May 20, 2019
Peter King's Football Morning in America ›
Andrew Carroll CTE
SPECIAL REPORT: The Danger of Hockey Head Injuries
Friday, May 17, 2019
Fox 21 KQDS ›
Mark Lenzi Brain Pledge
Diplomat sickened in China pledges to donate his brain
Friday, May 10, 2019
Boston Globe ›
Massachusetts Youth Football Fox News
Massachusetts latest state to push ban on tackle football for kids
Friday, May 3, 2019
Fox News ›
Mike Dowling Pat Mooney Brain Donation
Coaches’ families look to science for Alzheimer’s answers
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Sarasota Herald Tribune ›
McLeod Boston Herald
It’s kids who are tackle football’s victims
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Boston Herald ›
AP New England Journal of Sports Medicine
Brain scans may reveal concussion damage in living athletes
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Associated Press ›
Washington Post New England Journal of Medicine
CTE researchers discover possible step toward diagnostic test for living patients
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Washington Post ›
New York Times New England Journal of Medicine
Abnormal Levels of a Protein Linked to C.T.E. Found in N.F.L Players’ Brains, Study Shows
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
The New York Times ›
CNN New England Journal of Medicine
A study of NFL players' brains might help diagnose CTE in the living
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
CNN ›
NBC News New England Journal of Sports Medicine
Brain scans on former NFL players detect abnormal proteins found in CTE
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
NBC News ›
Vox Hindsight 2070
Youth tackle football will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Vox ›
Andrew Carroll CTE Diagnosis
Tests show former Minnesota-Duluth hockey star suffered from CTE
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
KSTP ›
Australian Sports Brain Bank SMH
Study of concussed footballer's brain yields surprising results
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Syndey Morning Herald ›
Kelly Catlin
Cyclist Kelly Catlin’s family donates her brain for concussion research
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Washington Post ›
Mark Henry Brain Pledge
Mark Henry will donate brain for CTE research
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Sports Illustrated ›
USA Today Sports Youth Football Ban
Things we'd change in sports: Time to ban tackle football for kids under 14
Monday, March 4, 2019
USA TODAY Sports ›
Huffington Post Massachusetts Bill
Massachusetts Lawmakers Propose Bill To Ban Youth Tackle Football
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
HuffPost ›
Bob Costas Outside the Lines
Bob Costas, unplugged: From NBC and broadcast icon to dropped from the Super Bowl
Sunday, February 10, 2019
ESPN's Outside the Lines ›
Eric Lindros Chris Nowinski Canadian Parliament
Eric Lindros urges government to develop sports-related concussion protocol
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
CBC ›
Tommy Nobis AP
A somber Super Bowl reminder in 'Mr. Falcon' CTE diagnosis
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Associated Press ›
Kyler Murray USA Today
The Kyler Murray call: Should Heisman Trophy winner choose MLB or NFL?
Thursday, January 17, 2019
USA Today Sports ›

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