To date, nearly 350 former NFL players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after their death.

BOSTON -- Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez suffered substantial damage to parts of the brain that affect memory, judgment and behavior from the most severe case of a degenerative ...

Brian Schaefering’s NFL career lasted five seasons, during which he played defensive end for the New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys, and the Cleveland Browns. Although he retired in 2012 with 75 tackles ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The NFL's top health and safety officer acknowledged Monday there is a link between football-related head trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE -- the first time a ...

A South Carolina judge has denied the National Football League’s request to dismiss a brain injury lawsuit filed by the family of a former player from Rock Hill who killed six people before committing ...

Tracy Scroggins, who played 10 seasons with the Detroit Lions, died at 56 after battling suspected effects of CTE, his family announced on Feb. 9.

Ex-NFL star, Tracy Scroggins' death left his family and fans heartbroken. Amid tributes for him, here's everything we know about his cause of demise.

The NFL, which spent years criticizing researchers who warned about the dangers of football-related head trauma, has backed out of one of the most ambitious studies yet on the relationship between ...

Tracy Scroggins, the retired NFL standout from the Detroit Lions, is no more. He died at age 56, following a long battle with ...

BOSTON (AP) — The union representing English soccer players has created the first comprehensive protocol for preventing the brain disease CTE, expanding the heightened concern over concussions to ...