1News New Zealand | Justin is the first New Zealander to be diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE – a degenerative brain disease. He died in the USA in 2020 aged 50 – scared, anxious, and confused – suffering from the creeping mental toll of playing rugby, the game he loved. Read more.
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | During the past 17 years, there has been a remarkable increase in scientific research concerning chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) with researchers at the BU CTE Center at the forefront. While some sports organizations like the National Hockey League and World Rugby still claim their sports do […]
WGBH | Research has already established that the intense tackles and utter brute force that takes place in professional football puts players at risk of permanently damaging their brain, or developing CTE — Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. But new data from Boston University suggests that that risk might be much higher than previously thought. Of the 376 former […]
WCBS 880 Extras | It is, of course, Super Bowl week. With that in mind…researchers at Boston University say they’ve found the degenerative brain condition known as CTE in nearly 92% of former NFL players they have studied so far. It’s part of their on-going research. Dr. Ann McKee is Director of the Boston University […]
The Brink | Boston University | Setting aside for a moment the hype, the glitz, the money, the commercials, the athleticism, the scoreboard, and the beer, chili, and wings—everything that comprises the NFL’s Super Bowl experience this weekend—the cold, sad truth remains that football is taking a horrible toll on some of its players. The […]
CNN | Kelly Catlin and Ellie Soutter never met, but they had a lot in common. Both were commanding athletes: Catlin, a US track cyclist, was a three-times world champion and Olympic silver medalist, and Soutter, a snowboarder, was tipped to be one of Team Great Britain’s strongest contenders for the 2022 Winter Olympics, having already […]
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | The Boston University CTE Center announced today that they have now diagnosed 345 former NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) out of 376 former players studied (91.7 percent). Read more.
TSN | Marek Svatos, who played parts of eight NHL seasons and skated for Slovakia in the 2006 Olympics in Torino, had the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death in 2016. Read more.
PBS NewsHour | The NFL and NFL Players Association have agreed to update the league’s concussion protocol following an investigation into its procedures after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was injured on the field. Dr. Bennet Omalu, the doctor credited with discovering chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and Dr. Ann McKee, director of Boston University’s CTE Center, […]
NBC News | Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will be sidelined indefinitely, his coach said Friday, after being slammed to the turf and hitting his head, twice in a five-day span. Read more.