CHICAGO -- Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and even high school. It's the largest update on chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a debilitating brain disease that can cause… Continue reading CTE found in nearly 90 percent of brains donated by football players (Video)
Fresno Unified School District is investing in equipment that will better protect student athletes playing football and soccer. Fresno Unified is requiring all middle and high school football players to wear helmets with a special insert designed to absorb impact and prevent concussions. Also, 170 soccer players are being provided with protective headbands. Back in… Continue reading New Head Injury Protection For Student Athletes (Video)
When Michael Vick’s Eagles' Equipment Manager called Unequal Technologies a few seasons ago asking for protection for Vick’s cracked sternum, it was because Vick wanted “that stuff that stops bullets.” Read the full article here.
