A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40% of youth, high school and college athletes -- primarily football players -- who were ...

The Hall of Fame hockey player Bobby Hull had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — the degenerative neurological disease known as CTE when he died in 2023, according to his family. Hull, a two-time NHL ...

The gunman who killed an NYPD officer and three other people on July 28, 2025, in Midtown was largely motivated by his frustrations with the NFL. Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old shooter who fatally shot ...

Chris Simon, who won a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, had stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died by suicide in 2024, according to a post-mortem brain tissue ...

Controversial NHL legend Bobby Hull, the Blackhawks’ all-time leading scorer whose on-ice accomplishments were overshadowed by off-ice issues, had stage two chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at ...

Shane Tamura, who drove cross-country from Las Vegas and opened fire at the New York headquarters of the NFL, killing four, had CTE, the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Friday, ...

The degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, was found in more than 40% of athletes who died before 30, a study out Monday showed, illustrating the growing ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Chris Nowinski, co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, about the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Study my brain. As we just heard, ...