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ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” reported Tuesday that the NFL will no longer help fund the Boston University study on chronic traumatic encephalopathy. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

NIH to fund CTE research, NFL allegedly backs out

Sekar Krisnauli December 24, 2015

The NFL, which has faced scrutiny over its handling of head trauma, will no longer contribute to the funding of a Boston University-led study on a degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic...

Foul Shots: No offseason

Daily Free Press Admin April 23, 2014

Motivational sports videos, complete with hip-hop soundtracks and gritty camera shots of athletes doing squats with a spotter behind them will tell you this message: There is no offseason. Hard work doesn’t...

Seau family considering brain donation to BU, still undecided

Daily Free Press Admin May 9, 2012

Junior Seau’s family is determining whether or not they will donate his brain for research, which could shed light on the cause of the retired National Football League player’s May 2 death. “The...

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