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He ‘found his place in the world’ through football. But CTE would lead to 15 years of suffering

Fifteen years after Greg left football, on the evening of May 21, 2024, The Ventura County Star published a news roundup ...
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'You can't tell the story of CTE without Pittsburgh': 20 years later, concussion testing and conversations have drastically evolved

CTE is a rare brain disorder that is not fully understood and, after all these years, has fueled a multitude of ...

NFL Star Dies With Family Donating His Brain to CTE Research

Former NFL champion Roger Shoals died at age 86 due to complications from pneumonia. His obituary reported that he “passed ...
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Autopsy: Ex-player had CTE; lawsuit planned - Tampa Bay Times

The brain of Steve Montador, a former NHL player who died in February at age 35, was found to have widespread chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, the disease associated with repeated hits to ...
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CTE explained: What we know (and still hope to) 20 years after landmark paper based on late Steeler Mike Webster

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE, first entered mainstream awareness two decades ago, when neuropathologist Bennet Omalu diagnosed it in the brain of former Steelers center Mike ...

NFL widows struggled to care for ex-players with CTE. They say a new study minimizes their pain

Their open letter said the study is dismissive of their experience living with the degenerative brain disease.
Opinion

I’ve seen the brain damage contact sports can cause – we all need to take concussion and CTE more seriously

If more isn’t done to combat concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more families will be grieving tragic deaths.
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Dr. Chris Nowinski Details CTE's Role In Chris Benoit Tragedy

Former wrestler and neuroscientist Dr. Chris Nowinski appeared on Chris Jericho's podcast to discuss the connection between CTE and the Chris Benoit tragedy.