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Former NFL Star Aldon Smith’s Brain to Be Donated to CTE Research Following His Passing at 36 The family of former NFL star Aldon Smith, who passed away suddenly at 36, is donating his brain to the Boston University CTE Center to study the impacts of repeated brain injuries. Smith died shortly after delivering pizzas … Read more
The NFL’s ongoing struggle with CTE: Brain injuries and legal challenges On Monday evening, a 27-year-old man named Shane Devon Tamura entered the NFL headquarters in Manhattan with an AR-15-style rifle and killed four people before committing suicide. He blamed the NFL for his CTE, a brain illness caused by repeated head trauma. The note … Read more
High school football player from Alabama passes away after sustaining brain injury in game Caden Tellier, a 16-year-old high school football player at Morgan Academy in Alabama, died a day after sustaining a brain injury during a game. He was critically injured after a tackle in the third quarter of a game against Southern Academy. … Read more