A former high school football player who opened fire in a Manhattan building Monday — killing four people before fatally ...

Football didn’t turn Shane Tamura into a murderous gunman, but we need to take some time to wrestle with why he thought it ...

Young athletes (ages 6–14) in tackle football experience vastly more head impacts — up to 15 times more — and 23 times more ...

He became a star at UVA and the subject of a bidding war when the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL went head-to-head with the ...

The New York City gunman who shot and killed multiple people on Tuesday claimed he had CTE. He was targeting multiple NFL ...

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive brain trauma, is gaining attention in the sports world."The athlete i ...

New York City's Office of Chief Medical Examiner told USA TODAY Sports it would examine the brain of NYC shooter Shane Tamura.

“CTE is linked to repetitive brain trauma and has a distinct pathology that can only be diagnosed at autopsy,” says Dr. Ross ...

The NYC mass shooter blamed football for his actions. But Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man who discovered CTE, says that excuse doesn’t hold up.

The suspect in the recent New York City shooting had a note in his pocket, which claimed he has chronic traumatic encephalopathy. But that neurological condition can only be diagnosed with an autopsy.

High school classmates and a coach remembered Shane Tamura as a talented running back. Recently, though, he was apparently ...

After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura — a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools — left ...