C.T.E

Page 68 of Boston University’s Hope Study questionnaire asks, “Have you ever injured your head or neck in a fight or been hit by someone?”For Chris Nilan, a simple yes could never convey the…

“The game of football gave me a degree. I met my wife. I had a family because of it. It was my way out. But I also think that it’s important for me to walk the line between being a football…

For the first time, the degenerative brain disease C.T.E. has been diagnosed in a female professional athlete, researchers reported.Heather Anderson, an Australian rules football player who…

When Jeffrey Vlk played running back in high school in the 1990s and then safety in college, he took and delivered countless tackles during full-contact football practices. Hitting was a…

Joseph Maroon, a neurosurgeon, began working for the Pittsburgh Steelers as a consulting doctor starting in 1977 and over 46 years has examined and treated stars from the notoriously…

DUBLIN, Ga. — Demaryius Thomas’s parents see their son every day.A painting of the former N.F.L. star rests against a wall in Katina Smith’s home, and Bobby Thomas, his father, keeps the…

Scott Vermillion’s family members still struggle to articulate the jumble of emotions they felt last November when they received the phone call from the doctors.Vermillion, a former M.L.S.…