Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (11) makes a catch during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday,…
Read more Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba returns to Super Bowl after concussion evaluationBOSTON — The union representing British soccer players will announce on Tuesday the first comprehensive protocol for preventing the brain disease CTE, expanding the heightened concern over concussions…
Read more British soccer union wants fewer headers for pros to protect players’ brainsNORTHALLERTON, England — Repeatedly heading a soccer ball “likely” contributed to the brain injury that was a factor in the death of former Manchester United and Scotland defender…
Read more Heading a ball contributed to brain injury suffered by late Scotland defender McQueen, coroner saysAssociated Press — When recruits were repeatedly punched and tackled during a role-playing exercise at the Texas game wardens academy last year, they were taking part in a…
Read more How a violent police academy drill has been tied to deaths and injuries across the countryNEW YORK — Federal prison officials say the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is fit to stand trial on federal sex trafficking charges after he was hospitalized…
Read more Prison officials tell judge ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO is competent to stand trialCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawyers for a man on South Carolina’s death row are trying to stop his execution later this month by arguing the judge who sentenced him…
Read more Lawyers for Stephen Bryant make final appeal over brain damage to stop South Carolina executionNEW ORLEANS — A federal jury found a private company running a Louisiana jail liable for the 2015 death of a man who died of head injuries he…
Read more Jury awards more than $40 million to family of man who died in privately-run jailFLORHAM PARK, N.J. — FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets running back Braelon Allen will likely be out between eight and 12 weeks with a knee…
Read more Jets running back Braelon Allen likely out 8 to 12 weeks with knee injuryFLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields was ruled out Wednesday for the game at Tampa Bay with a concussion, and Tyrod Taylor will start…
Read more Jets quarterback Justin Fields ruled out with concussion, Tyrod Taylor to start against BuccaneersNew York Jets quarterback Justin Fields remained in the concussion protocol Monday and his availability for the team’s next game is uncertain. Coach Aaron Glenn said Fields will…
Read more Jets’ Justin Fields in concussion protocol, Tyrod Taylor could start vs. BuccaneersCANBERRA, Australia — A legendary rugby player has cited the fear and anxiety that has come into his life among the reasons for urging the Australian government to…
Read more Legendary rugby league star Wally Lewis appeals for concussion and CTE awareness supportSEOUL, South Korea — An industrial robot grabbed and crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea, police said Thursday, as they investigated…
Read more An industrial robot crushes worker to death at a plant in South KoreaNEW YORK — The physical pain of nearly dying when shrapnel from a roadside bomb in Iraq tore through his head 17 years ago was hard enough for…
Read more Bob Woodruff returns to Iraq roadside where bomb nearly killed him 17 years agoADELAIDE, Australia — A former Australian rules player has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a landmark finding for female professional athletes. The Concussion Legacy Foundation said…
Read more Australian rules footballer diagnosed with CTE in landmark finding for female athletesBrisbane, Australia CNN — Scientists in Australia have diagnosed the world’s first case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in a professional female athlete, with implications for millions…
Read more First professional female athlete diagnosed with degenerative brain disease CTE | CNNRalph Yarl walked at a brain injury awareness event on Monday, just weeks after he was shot in the head for accidentally knocking on the wrong door in…
Read more Teenager walks at brain injury event weeks after getting shot in head for knocking on wrong doorCNN — A 19-year-old college baseball player has died from head injuries after a dugout collapsed on him while he was volunteering in Pennsylvania, according to school officials.…
Read more A college baseball player died after a dugout collapsed on him | CNNLakers center Anthony Davis injured his head in what appeared to be an inadvertent hit by Golden State’s Kevon Looney midway through the fourth quarter of the Warriors’…
Read more Lakers center Anthony Davis injured late in Game 5 loss to WarriorsMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa considered walking away from football. It was a brief thought after he was diagnosed with two concussions last season and many…
Read more Dolphins’ Tagovailoa considered retirement after concussionsCNN — The military identified 11 additional cases of traumatic brain injury following a series of rocket and drone attacks on US troops in Syria in late March,…
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