Armour: NFL Must Fix Way it Handles Head Trauma before Player Pays Ultimate Price
Does someone have to die on the field before the NFL acknowledges that its concussion protocol is ineffective? That all its talk about “player...
Link Between Soccer Heading and Dementia Examined
England’s Professional Footballers' Association does not know how many of its 50,000 members have dementia, according to its chief executive Gordon Taylor. Talking in...
Armour: Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in CTE Research on NFL Players
An autopsy confirmed a 12-year NFL veteran had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, just as a brain scan four years before his death had indicated, a...
Armour: Cornerbacks Suffer Most Concussions, According to NFL Report
Cornerbacks sustain the most concussions of NFL players, almost a quarter of those reviewed from the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
That was one of the...
NCAA Board Approves $12.5 Million More for Concussion Research
The NCAA’s top governing board unanimously approved $12.5 million in additional funding for the most comprehensive clinical study of concussion and head impact exposure ever conducted....
Did Coaches Encourage the Wray Brothers to Hide Injuries?
Max and Jake Wray play offensive tackle for Franklin (Tenn.) High School, or at least they used to do so. The two were suspended...
Study Suggests Link Between Concussion and Mental Health Problems
New research suggests former professional sports players who experience concussion are more likely to report mental health problems than those who have not suffered...
Not a Good Week for Football
Another football brain injury study came out this week which should give parents cause to worry about sending their children under the age of...
Armour: Hernandez CTE Finding is a Huge Problem for the NFL
Aaron Hernandez just became the most dangerous man in football.
It’s a strange statement, given the former New England Patriots tight end is dead and...
Tackle Football before Age 12 Linked to Later Brain Problems
Athletes who began playing tackle football before the age of 12 12 had more behavioral and cognitive problems later in life than those who...
