A recent medical breakthrough could be a game-changer for athletes. Researchers in Illinois confirmed last year they successfully diagnosed the first living person with CTE. WLKY’s Julie Dolan talked ...

Jake Paul was cleared to fight Ben Askren on Friday by a doctor for the Georgia Athletic Commission, despite his comments Thursday at a news conference to promote Saturday's fight at Mercedes Benz ...

Viewed through a scientist’s lens, professional boxing is a series of scheduled, measurable head traumas. In other words, it is a human model for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Seen this way, ...

An inquest into the death of Ricky Hatton has concluded, with a pathologist confirming that the former World Champion boxer had CTE. Hatton was found dead at his home on September 14 of last year, and ...

Legendary Lowell boxer and former welterweight champion “Irish” Micky Ward, famous for absorbing the toughest blows in the ring during his 15-year career, opened up to the Herald in an exclusive ...