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The terrible legacy of concussions has haunted the NFL in recent years. Despite all the publicity and moves to improve safety, the handling of the concussion of Houston Texans quarterback Tom Savage raises more questions...

CTE brain disease in footballers has made many headlines in recent years given its perceived link to suicides in players. A new study suggests it’s endemic – at least in players whose brains were studied. A study in ...

The suicide in jail of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez has again highlighted the football-related brain injury CTE. Massachusetts prisons officials said Hernandez who was serving a life sentence without the possibility o...

The company that runs a Hampton racetrack and a businessman who held a special racing event there for amateurs have settled a lawsuit brought by a driver who suffered a traumatic brain injury at the track nearly four yea...

Head and brain injuries in sports have made many headlines in recent years as concussions have been linked to mental health problems, depression and even suicide. Previous studies have found that after a concussion, the ...

There has been a lot of publicity in recent years about lawsuits filed by professional football players over head injuries they have sustained in the sport. Many of these head injuries were terrible and have even been li...

Soccer fever has gripped a nation as Team USA has progressed into the knockout phase of the World Cup. The World Cup has showcased the best of the game of soccer but there have also been glimpses of the worst, most notab...

President Obama has taken the unusual step of announcing a summit on the issue of brain damage in football as evidence continues to grow about the impact of concussions in the sport. Reuters reported on how the president...

The National Football League has been accused of putting profits before the wellbeing of players in a lawsuit that accuses it of supplying them with powerful painkillers and other drugs that kept them in the game but led...

As a parent of a school football player, I am very conscious of the dangers of the sport. I was interested to read recent comments by President Obama who recently said he would not let his son play pro football because o...