NFL Study Finds Players Face Nearly 4x Higher Brain Disease Death Risk

Days after Marshawn Kneeland's posthumous CTE diagnosis, a new NFL study found players face nearly 4x higher brain disease ...

Janice McNair, who helped bring the NFL back to Houston, dies at 89

Janice McNair, co-founder and senior chair of the Houston Texans, died Tuesday at the age of 89. She helped bring the NFL ...

Study finds former NFL players die from ALS before age 50 at alarmingly high rates

The news that 39-year-old former NFL running back Chris Johnson has ALS has reignited the discussion about the risks of ...

Former Michigan star quarterback, NFL player dies at 89

Former Michigan quarterback Bob Ptacek, who was the MVP for the Wolverines as a senior in 1958, has died. He was 89. Ptacek ...

Former Fort Worth Poly standout and first-round NFL draft pick dies at 69

The running back was taken in the first round of the NFL draft out of Baylor and won a Super Bowl as a rookie. He died this ...
Dayton Daily News

Former Michigan QB, Browns, CFL player Bob Ptacek dies at 89

Robert James “Bob” Ptacek, a former University of Michigan quarterback who played professionally with the Cleveland Browns ...

Study: NFL players more likely to die from brain diseases like dementia

Studies show people who repeatedly suffer brain impacts are more likely to experience degenerative brain diseases like CTE, ...

NFL players 4 times more likely to die of neurodegenerative disease, new study finds

A new study reviewed health data from 19,824 football players who participated in at least one game between 1960 and 2019.

CTE and the NFL: Players whose deaths have been linked to the disease

Marshawn Kneeland's family chose to reveal he had CTE to help raise awareness of the issues athletes in contact sports may ...

Marshawn Kneeland, Cowboys player who died by suicide at 24, diagnosed with CTE

Marshawn Kneeland's family said his posthumous CTE diagnosis provides "important context." Kneeland died by suicide at 24 ...

NFL players 4x more likely to die due to neurodegenerative disease

Football has long sold a contradiction: elite strength, elite conditioning, elite survival. But beneath that picture, a much darker pattern has kept surfacing.

Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland who died by suicide diagnosed with CTE brain disease

Dallas Cowboys player who died by suicide diagnosed with brain disease. ByMadeline Halpert. Updated 4 hours ago. NFL player ...