After Detroit Lions lifer Tracy Scroggins died at 56, his family was quick to blame his NFL playing career for the "untimely" nature of his death. Scroggins' family suspects chronic traumatic ...

The degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been diagnosed in 110 of 111 former NFL players whose brains were donated for research, according to an updated study ...

BOSTON -- Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez suffered substantial damage to parts of the brain that affect memory, judgment and behavior from the most severe case of a degenerative ...

Forget reducing wrinkles and fighting hair loss. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is often observed in football players due to tackles and falls. Getty Images While it hasn’t been put to the ...

Former NFL defensive end Tracy Scroggins died last week at 56. His family believes CTE is to blame for his death. Scroggins’ family issued a statement to TMZ expressing that football helped the former ...

BOSTON — Dozens of widows and other caregivers for former NFL players diagnosed with CTE say a published study is insulting and dismissive of their experience living with the degenerative brain ...

Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp, who stood 6-2 and weighed more than 300 pounds in his playing days, remains hard to miss at age 53 – large, gregarious and with a distinctive mohawk strip of ...

Forget reducing wrinkles and fighting hair loss. “I would call it incredibly groundbreaking,” Dr. Shae Datta, co-director of the NYU Langone Concussion Center, who was not involved in the research, ...