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Who has had CTE? Notable NFL players who suffered from disease
To date, nearly 350 former NFL players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after their death.
Gunman targeted NFL, suicide note blames CTE brain injury for New York City mass shooting
Shane Tamura, the Park Ave. gunman who killed an NYPD officer and three others before taking his own life, left behind a ...
Shane Tamura targeted NFL, suicide note blames CTE brain injury for NYC Park Ave. mass shooting
Shane Tamura, the Park Ave. gunman who killed an NYPD officer and three others before taking his own life, left behind a ...
The years-long history between CTE and the NFL
The midtown Manhattan shooter left a suicide note, asking for his brain to be studied, as he wondered whether Chronic ...
What is CTE? Explaining the disease referenced by New York gunman at NFL HQ building
The brain disease has most commonly been found in athletes in contact sports and others with a history of repeated brain ...
NYC Shooter Blamed Football and the NFL—What the Physician Who Discovered CTE Says
The NYC mass shooter blamed football for his actions. But Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man who discovered CTE, says that excuse ...
NYC gunman Shane Tamura referenced ex-NFL player Terry Long — who had CTE — in note slamming league
Shane Tamura, 27, killed an NYPD officer and three other people on Monday evening when he stormed the Midtown skyscraper that ...
Explainer-What is CTE and its connection to the NFL and other contact sports?
A gunman who opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building on Monday believed he suffered a brain injury that he blamed on the National Football League, New York's mayor said, thrusting the issue ...
CTE awareness grows as high school football evolves for safety
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive brain trauma, is gaining attention in the sports world."The athlete i ...