Knees, Domestic Violence And CTE: Why You Stopped Watching Football
7 years, 1 month ago

Knees, Domestic Violence And CTE: Why You Stopped Watching Football

NPR  

Knees, Domestic Violence And CTE: Why You Stopped Watching Football Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Gross/Getty Images Jeff Gross/Getty Images A lot of people watch the Super Bowl every year. Stephanie Norman from Kansas City, Kan., says she was turned off by NFL players "taking a knee" during the national anthem in recent months to protest police brutality and to protest the president. toggle caption Courtesy of Fred McFarland "Being a veteran, the fact that these gentlemen were using the rights that I defended gave me a reason to support them and start watching football again," he says. Vijalva is also worried about players getting in "legal trouble" for things like physically abusing their partners or drunk driving, "and then teams kind of turning a blind eye if the player was good enough."

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Opinion: The hypocrisy of shaming college football player brawls
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: The hypocrisy of shaming college football player brawls

LA Times  

On Nov. 30, as the college football season reached its rivalry week climax, at least a half dozen games included heated brawls between the contestants. Media coverage of this incident, which focused on player behavior rather than the police response, widely indicted the incident’s ”ugliness.” Sporting News said an “ugly scene marred” the game, while CNN almost identically lamented how …

A third of former NFL players surveyed believe they have CTE, researchers find
6 months ago

A third of former NFL players surveyed believe they have CTE, researchers find

NPR  

A third of former NFL players surveyed believe they have CTE, researchers find toggle caption Jamie Squire/Getty Images One-third of former professional football players reported in a new survey that they believe they have the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The research, published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Neurology, represents one of the broadest …

Stephen Colbert Takes A Serious Swipe At The NFL On Its Biggest Night
1 year, 1 month ago

Stephen Colbert Takes A Serious Swipe At The NFL On Its Biggest Night

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Stephen Colbert offered a mostly goofy monologue on “The Late Show” after the Super Bowl but launched one barb that the NFL might not appreciate. Noting that some tickets hit the $100,000 price tag, he said, “That’s a lot, but of course the memories will last a lifetime ― unless you’re one of the players.” Skewering the …

Brain injuries, race and denial in the NFL
2 years, 1 month ago

Brain injuries, race and denial in the NFL

Al Jazeera  

The NFL is a multibillion-dollar industry. The National Football League is the richest professional sports league in the world, but it has been accused of leaving its Black players behind. For years, the NFL fought claims from its own players that the sport could cause long-term brain damage, including a disease known as CTE. The league has since paid a …

New report demonstrates causal link between head impacts and CTE for first time
2 years, 8 months ago

New report demonstrates causal link between head impacts and CTE for first time

New York Times  

A new report has demonstrated a causal link between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy for the first time. The research, carried out by Harvard University, Oxford Brookes University and 11 other academic institutions, alongside analysis from the Concussion Legacy Foundation, has found “conclusive evidence” that the progressive brain disease can be linked to sub-concussive blows such as heading. …

Op-Ed: 5 steps to protect football players’ brains and keep the sport alive
3 years, 6 months ago

Op-Ed: 5 steps to protect football players’ brains and keep the sport alive

LA Times  

Helmet technology is improving, but football players are also bigger than ever and colliding with more force. Having represented professional athletes since 1975, I’ve been worrying about football players’ health since long before the first diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a former NFL player, in 2002. The best way to keep football alive is to ensure standardized safety protocols …

NFL ready to help football's governing bodies prevent future brain damage as concussion subs are discussed
5 years, 4 months ago

NFL ready to help football's governing bodies prevent future brain damage as concussion subs are discussed

The Telegraph  

The NFL is ready to meet with football’s governing bodies to share its best practice in protecting players against future brain damage ahead of a meeting next week to discuss the potential introduction of concussion substitutes. Research last month by the University of Glasgow revealed that former professional footballers are at a significantly increased risk of neurodegenerative disease and reported …

NFL stars' risk of CTE soars by a THIRD every year they play
5 years, 5 months ago

NFL stars' risk of CTE soars by a THIRD every year they play

Daily Mail  

An NFL star's risk of developing the degenerative brain disease CTE goes up by a third every year they play, a study has suggested. Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, who played as a tight end, had CTE when he killed himself two years ago at the age of 27 while serving a life sentence for murder But as …

Study finds at least 10% of NFL players could develop CTE
6 years, 3 months ago

Study finds at least 10% of NFL players could develop CTE

LA Times  

At least 10% of NFL players could develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the devastating neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated head trauma, according to a study published this week in the journal Neurology. Their work built on a study published last year that found signs of CTE in 110 of 111 brains of deceased NFL players examined by a group associated with …

Ex-NFL star Merril Hoge disputes connection between CTE and football in his new book 'Brainwashed'
6 years, 4 months ago

Ex-NFL star Merril Hoge disputes connection between CTE and football in his new book 'Brainwashed'

Daily Mail  

Merril Hoge is an unlikely contrarian to the growing belief that football is directly linked with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease that's been posthumously diagnosed in over a hundred former NFL players. Proposed legislation to end or restrict youth tackle football in five different states either stalled or failed outright, but participation numbers have been dropping in recent …

UNC’s Fedora causes stir with CTE comment at ACC media days
6 years, 8 months ago

UNC’s Fedora causes stir with CTE comment at ACC media days

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said Wednesday he doesn’t believe it’s been proven that football causes the degenerative brain disease CTE and offered a passionate defense of a sport he believes is “under attack.” Fedora, during interviews at Atlantic Coast Conference preseason media days, described the sport as an integral part of American culture and said it …

Four ex-NFL players unite to launch largest ever CTE study
7 years ago

Four ex-NFL players unite to launch largest ever CTE study

Daily Mail  

Four former NFL players have joined the largest study to date into the football-linked brain disease CTE that could lead to a test for athletes during their lifetime. The program, launched today, is the passion project of another former player Jim Joyce, who played for the Denver Broncos before founding biotech firm Exosome Sciences to investigate the diseases that afflict …

NFLPA 'health playbook' educate players on CTE
7 years ago

NFLPA 'health playbook' educate players on CTE

Daily Mail  

The NFL Players Association has created a 'health playbook' aimed at educating players on the risks associated with the high-contact sport. The first-ever football medical guide distributed to NFLPA members this week notably includes information about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a severe brain injury believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head. A study published last summer looked at …

NFL losing core audience, only 51% of men follow closely
7 years, 1 month ago

NFL losing core audience, only 51% of men follow closely

Daily Mail  

After seeing its television ratings drop for the second consecutive season, the NFL received more bad news on Friday as a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed that the league's core audience is rapidly losing interest. NFL games remain among the most watched programming on television, but ratings took another significant dip during the 2017 regular season amidst controversial …

The NFL Must Listen To Football Moms If It Wants To Survive
7 years, 1 month ago

The NFL Must Listen To Football Moms If It Wants To Survive

Huff Post  

RichVintage via Getty Images For years, I’ve used my media megaphone to protect kids in sports after my daughter was injured in a cheerleading accident. After Paul died, I joined other victims’ families to create an awareness group that encourages kids and families to drop tackle football and instead play flag football, which has all the fun and teamwork of …

Early Signs of Neurodegenerative Disease Found in Athletes Without Concussions
7 years, 2 months ago

Early Signs of Neurodegenerative Disease Found in Athletes Without Concussions

CNN  

A new study has found that CTE can develop without ever experiencing a concussion. The study evaluated the brains of four deceased athletes, ages 17 and 18 years old, who had died within a day to four months of receiving some sort of sport-related head injury and had a history of playing football. Brain changes detected by 24 hours after …

NFL ratings drop 9.7% in 2017 amidst player protests
7 years, 2 months ago

NFL ratings drop 9.7% in 2017 amidst player protests

Daily Mail  

Beginning with now-former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the 2016 NFL preseason, many players generated nationwide controversy peacefully protesting inequality and police violence against minorities by refusing to stand during the national anthem NFL games remain among the most watched programming on television, but ratings took another significant dip during the 2017 regular season amidst controversial player protests …

The More We Learn About CTE, The Harder It Is For Football To Stay The Same
7 years, 5 months ago

The More We Learn About CTE, The Harder It Is For Football To Stay The Same

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The lawyer for Aaron Hernandez is suing the National Football League after an autopsy found that the 27-year-old player, who died by suicide after being convicted of murder, had a brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy. “They have different environmental factors that can come into play.” What researchers do know, Cherry said, is that CTE doesn’t require …

Why I'll be tuning in to NFL this season, despite the moral question over brain damage
7 years, 6 months ago

Why I'll be tuning in to NFL this season, despite the moral question over brain damage

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I could say at this point …

What The NFL Says About America
7 years, 6 months ago

What The NFL Says About America

Huff Post  

This post first appeared at BillMoyers.com. They call it “America’s game.” The National Football League is the most popular sport in the country by most metrics, and it isn’t even close — from polls in which fans state their favorite, to the amount of money the league takes in, to television viewing. Any fan can tell you that players are …

NFL cuts ties with NIH concussion study
7 years, 7 months ago

NFL cuts ties with NIH concussion study

Daily Mail  

The NFL has cut ties with the National Institutes of Health study into concussion after years of feuding over critical researchers. And this week, just days before the NFL and NIH announced the end of their partnership, Dr Stern's research team published an explosive report, revealing 110 out of 111 deceased NFL players had signs of CTE in post-mortem examinations. …

Brain disease seen in most football players in large report
7 years, 8 months ago

Brain disease seen in most football players in large report

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and even high school. The report doesn’t confirm that the condition is common in all football players; it reflects high occurrence in samples at a Boston brain bank …

Brain disease seen in most football players in large report
7 years, 8 months ago

Brain disease seen in most football players in large report

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and even high school. The report doesn’t confirm that the condition is common in all football players; it reflects high occurrence in samples at a Boston brain bank …

Brain disease seen in most football players in large report
7 years, 8 months ago

Brain disease seen in most football players in large report

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and even high school. The report doesn’t confirm that the condition is common in all football players; it reflects high occurrence in samples at a Boston brain bank …

99 Percent Of Studied NFL Brains Diagnosed With CTE, Researchers Say
7 years, 8 months ago

99 Percent Of Studied NFL Brains Diagnosed With CTE, Researchers Say

Huff Post  

A number of the brains studied by doctor Ann McKee and her researchers. BU Photography A new study out of Boston diagnosed a startlingly high percentage of deceased NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and the numbers don’t get much better when you move on down to college players. All told, the researchers found 87 percent of the players to …

NFL brain study diagnoses CTE in 99% of ex-players' brains
7 years, 8 months ago

NFL brain study diagnoses CTE in 99% of ex-players' brains

Daily Mail  

The biggest ever study into football brain injuries has diagnosed CTE in 99 percent of former NFL players' brains in post-mortem examinations. More than 1,800 former athletes and military veterans have pledged to donate their brains to the Concussion Legacy Foundation for CTE research. CTE was usually associated with boxing before former NFL players began revealing their conditions. The study …

CTE was nearly ubiquitous among former NFL players who donated their brains to science
7 years, 8 months ago

CTE was nearly ubiquitous among former NFL players who donated their brains to science

LA Times  

The NFL issued a statement saying the league “will continue to work with a wide range of experts to improve the health of current and former NFL athletes.” In a group of more than 100 professional football players whose brains were examined after their death, new research has found that virtually all suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a condition likely …

Most-detailed British study into football's dementia link concludes condition may be related to heading
8 years, 1 month ago

Most-detailed British study into football's dementia link concludes condition may be related to heading

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The most detailed British research ever undertaken into …

Leading CTE Expert Speaks Out
8 years, 2 months ago

Leading CTE Expert Speaks Out

Huff Post  

Ann McKee, M.D., is a neuropathologist who specializes in neurodegenerative disease, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy, at Boston University School of Medicine. Reed: In people that play football for approximately the same amount of time, some develop CTE symptoms and some don't. The only thing that would really keep the brain from sloshing back and forth due to rotational and linear …

For high school football players, just a season of play brings brain changes
8 years, 3 months ago

For high school football players, just a season of play brings brain changes

LA Times  

Without sustaining a single concussion, a North Carolina high school football team showed worrisome brain changes after a single season of play, a new study has shown. A detailed effort to capture the on-field experiences of 24 high school football players showed that, at the end of a single season of play, teammates whose heads sustained the most frequent contact …

GOP seeks review of claim NFL tried to sway concussion study
8 years, 6 months ago

GOP seeks review of claim NFL tried to sway concussion study

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday called for an independent review of allegations that the National Football League sought to improperly influence a government study into the link between football and brain disease. The committee’s top Democrat said in May the NFL tried to strong-arm the National Institutes of Health into taking the project away from a prominent researcher that …

Fists not football: Brain injuries seen in domestic assaults
8 years, 7 months ago

Fists not football: Brain injuries seen in domestic assaults

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — There are no bomb blasts or collisions with burly linemen in Susan Contreras’ past. “My memory is really gone.” Brain trauma in domestic violence survivors has been overshadowed by concerns about injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan war vets, and by effects of repeated head blows in football players. “I have no doubt that there are many women who …

Boxing and American football: why I can't watch the brain-bashing
8 years, 11 months ago

Boxing and American football: why I can't watch the brain-bashing

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. My “Chris Eubank Sr” moment came …

NFL vice-president Jeff Miller acknowledges link between concussions and CTE brain condition
9 years ago

NFL vice-president Jeff Miller acknowledges link between concussions and CTE brain condition

ABC  

A top NFL official acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday a link between football-related concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain condition caused by repeated blows to the head. The statement came from the National Football League's senior vice president for health and safety, Jeff Miller, when he was asked during a hearing before the U.S. House of …

In A First, NFL Executive Admits Football Is Linked To Brain Damage
9 years ago

In A First, NFL Executive Admits Football Is Linked To Brain Damage

NPR  

In A First, NFL Executive Admits Football Is Linked To Brain Damage Enlarge this image toggle caption Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Doug Pensinger/Getty Images A discussion on Capitol Hill about concussion research brought a startling moment Monday, as an NFL executive acknowledged for the first time that football has been linked to a degenerative brain disease. Jeff Miller, the NFL's executive …

The NFL machine grinds on: I love football, but I can't watch Super Bowl 50 — or the game, ever again
9 years, 1 month ago

The NFL machine grinds on: I love football, but I can't watch Super Bowl 50 — or the game, ever again

Salon  

“…all that she had had, and all that she had missed, were lost together, and were twice lost in this landslide of remembered losses.” -- Katherine Anne Porter I won’t be watching the Super Bowl on TV this weekend. We’d descend the curving exit ramp into dingy sidestreets and park in some desolate unofficial-seeming lot, and as we walked toward …

CTE: 5 things to know
9 years, 1 month ago

CTE: 5 things to know

CNN  

Story highlights CTE results from repeated hits to the head A study found that 96% of former pro football players have the brain disease A variant of CTE was documented as far back as 1928 CNN — The list of football players with a brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, continues to grow. Harder helmets aren’t the answer …

We are all amoral football hypocrites: Brain injuries, billionaire tax breaks and our indefensible Super Bowl parties
10 years, 1 month ago

We are all amoral football hypocrites: Brain injuries, billionaire tax breaks and our indefensible Super Bowl parties

Salon  

For many years, Mike Ditka has served as the embodiment of what you might call America’s unreconstructed football id. Ditka’s initial response was to mouth the NFL’s company line: “If you don’t want to take, don’t take them,” he wrote, in the Chicago Sun-Times. “I don’t think anybody ever forces anyone to do anything.” It’s hard to overstate the naiveté …

Real Men and Traumatized Seahorses: The Legacy of War and Contact Sports
10 years, 9 months ago

Real Men and Traumatized Seahorses: The Legacy of War and Contact Sports

Huff Post  

He can't remember his daughter playing soccer. During the streak of consecutive starts, Favre suffered injuries including: a shoulder separation, a deep thigh bruise, a severely bruised left hip, a severely sprained left ankle, a sprained right thumb, right elbow tendinitis, a left mid-foot sprain, a sprained lateral collateral ligament of the left knee, a broken left thumb, a softball-sized …

NFL players found to have 'pronounced abnormalities' in brain function according to new study
11 years, 5 months ago

NFL players found to have 'pronounced abnormalities' in brain function according to new study

ABC  

Scans have revealed "profound abnormalities" in the brain activity of retired American football players, a study into the long-term risks of the combative sport said on Thursday. "The NFL alumni showed some of the most pronounced abnormalities in brain activity that I have ever seen," said lead author Adam Hampshire, a neuroscientist at Imperial College London. " The scans revealed …

When It Comes To Brain Injury, Authors Say NFL Is In A 'League Of Denial'
11 years, 5 months ago

When It Comes To Brain Injury, Authors Say NFL Is In A 'League Of Denial'

NPR  

When It Comes To Brain Injury, Authors Say NFL Is In A 'League Of Denial' toggle caption Keith Srakocic/AP When the Pittsburgh Steelers won four Super Bowls in the 1970s, you could argue that no one played a bigger role than Mike Webster. League Of Denial The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth By Mark Fainaru-Wada, Steve Fainaru Purchase …

Vets Return With Brain Injuries Oft Seen In Football
12 years, 10 months ago

Vets Return With Brain Injuries Oft Seen In Football

NPR  

Vets Return With Brain Injuries Oft Seen In Football Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is best-known for affecting football players; repeated bangs to the head can hurt the parts of the brain that direct impulse, memory and emotion. Now, scientists have known for years that athletes like boxers and pro football players are prone to developing a degenerative brain disease called chronic …

Footballers exposed to greater brain damage risk
12 years, 10 months ago

Footballers exposed to greater brain damage risk

ABC  

New research from the US has found an alarming link between playing football and brain damage, prompting calls for Australia to better study brain injuries in footballers. The ABC's Four Corners program tonight reveals new evidence about the extent of brain injuries resulting from playing football, with medical experts finding players do not need to have a concussion to cause …

Brain Injuries Haunt Football Players Years Later
14 years, 2 months ago

Brain Injuries Haunt Football Players Years Later

NPR  

Brain Injuries Haunt Football Players Years Later Enlarge this image toggle caption iStockphoto.com iStockphoto.com A 2000 study that surveyed 1,090 former NFL players found that more than 60 percent had suffered at least one concussion during their career. The National Football League and Congress have both held hearings on the head injuries, which can cause memory loss, confusion, nausea, blurred …

Football concussions and brain damage, from high school to the NFL.
14 years, 2 months ago

Football concussions and brain damage, from high school to the NFL.

Slate  

In collisions, “G” is a unit equal to the force of gravity. Many brain injuries suffered by football players do not produce the “shell-shock” symptoms we associate with concussions. “Then we realized this was a new group of impaired players.” Nauman calculates there are about 1 million high-school football players in any given year in the United States. But they …

Concussion Worries Renew Focus On Football Safety
14 years, 6 months ago

Concussion Worries Renew Focus On Football Safety

NPR  

Concussion Worries Renew Focus On Football Safety Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of Dr. Gunnar Brolinson of Virginia Tech Courtesy of Dr. Gunnar Brolinson of Virginia Tech Football concussions no longer are the elephant in the room. Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of Dr. Gunnar Brolinson of Virginia Tech Courtesy of Dr. Gunnar Brolinson of Virginia Tech Many …

Is It Easier For Some Athletes To Suffer Brain Damage?
14 years, 8 months ago

Is It Easier For Some Athletes To Suffer Brain Damage?

NPR  

Is It Easier For Some Athletes To Suffer Brain Damage? Enlarge this image toggle caption Amy Sancetta/AP Amy Sancetta/AP An autopsy has shown that Chris Henry, the young Cincinnati Bengal who died a few months ago, suffered what is called CTE –– chronic traumatic encephalopathy –– which means, more simply, that his brain had been traumatized. One cannot watch the …

Sports Injuries May Cause Lasting Brain Damage
16 years, 1 month ago

Sports Injuries May Cause Lasting Brain Damage

NPR  

Sports Injuries May Cause Lasting Brain Damage Live Chat: Everything But The Game Monday, 11 a.m. Physical Hits Leave Mark On Brain McKee says these players' brains have the same sort of damage found in some aging boxers — the brain cells shrivel, and tangles begin to appear. Science Isn't Changing Football, Yet Lovell says it's not even clear how …

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