U.S.A. Bobsled and Skeleton Is Sued Over Brain Injuries

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports William Person, who competed from 1999 to 2007, wants to lead a class of plaintiffs seeking compensation for health problems he says were caused by years of sledding.https://nyti.ms/3ijCoFB

An N.F.L. Player Killed 7 People. C.T.E. May Not Fully Explain Why.

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports A finding of C.T.E. can help explain violence and erratic behavior by former football players, but it will not give a clear picture of why Adams fatally shot seven people, including himself.https://nyti.ms/3wZsOgQ

Australian Rules Football Confronts C.T.E.

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports For years, leaders of Australia’s national sport have tried to play down connections between their sport and degenerative brain diseases. Now one of the game’s legends was found to have had C.T.E.https://nyti.ms/3caVuJb

Players With C.T.E. Doubled Their Risk With Every 5.3 Years in Football

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports New study is the first to quantify the number of years linked to measurable brain disease.https://nyti.ms/2AP6VVs

Nick Buoniconti, 78, Dies; All-Pro Linebacker Championed Medical Research

By RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Sports He won two Super Bowls with the Dolphins and later fought to find a cure for his son’s paralysis. Struggling with dementia, he donated his brain to science.https://nyti.ms/2STPonr

Was C.T.E. Stealing His Mind? A Gunshot Provided the Answer

By JOHN BRANCH from NYT Sports Jason Hairston played briefly in the N.F.L., hunted with Donald Trump Jr. and owned a wildly successful hunting gear and apparel company. But he increasingly worried about a degenerative brain disease.https://nyti.ms/2RqJ6t6

Doctors Said Hockey Enforcer Todd Ewen Did Not Have C.T.E. But He Did.

By KEN BELSON from NYT Sports A new analysis of Ewen’s brain tissue confirms he had the degenerative brain disease, despite what a Canadian doctor initially found. That doctor went on to work for the N.H.L.https://nyti.ms/2E6bqPi

In N.H.L. Concussion Settlement, Owners Win the Fight

By KEN BELSON from NYT Sports Litigation intended to provide a lift to retired players with long-term health problems leads to a deal that is far less generous than the N.F.L.’s.https://nyti.ms/2OFTJqG

Vital Figure Excludes Family From N.F.L. Settlement: Date of Death

By KEN BELSON from NYT Sports Mike Webster was the first N.F.L. player to receive a diagnosis of C.T.E., but his family has been left out of the $1 billion N.F.L. concussion settlement so far.http://ift.tt/2AWNzLJ