In a poignant testament to the need for concussion awareness in sports, former AFL star Troy Selwood made the courageous decision to donate his brain for research into concussion when he passed away.

An endowed chair in the Department of Psychiatry at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo will honor Emeritus Professor Barry S. Willer, PhD. This position ...

A now-deceased Australian rules football player became the first female athlete ever diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to the Concussion Legacy Foundation. Heather ...

Brandi Chastain, whose penalty kick gave the United States the 1999 Women’s World Cup title, has pledged her brain for concussion research. The 47-year-old Chastain announced her donation to the ...

On Thursday, New Jersey Devils defenseman Ben Lovejoy became the first active NHL player to announce he's donating his brain to concussion research, making the announcement with the Concussion Legacy ...

New Jersey Devils defenseman Ben Lovejoy has pledged his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation for CTE research, becoming the first active NHL player to do so. "Hockey has been so good to me.

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A Week 6 concussion evaluation of Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart sparked a joint NFL-NFL Players Association investigation over whether protocol was violated by the team and multiple individuals who ...