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In a new study using brain scans of former NFL athletes, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found high levels of a repair protein present long after a traumatic brain injury such as a concussion takes place. The repair protein, known as 18 k

"The findings show that participating in repeated collision sports like football may have a direct link to long-term inflammation in the brain."

Hopkins Medicine adds to growing stack of evidence that collision sports involving repeated blows to the head may lead to dementia and other forms of cognitive disorders

Maven recently recalled a moment when he got a stern talking-to from Vince McMahon after putting on a bad match on an episode of WWE Raw.

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A competitor for UFC President Dana White's Power Slap League has admitted there is high risk with joining the promotion.

Doctor said of competitive slapping that the ‘force applied to the face is the same force when one punches a face.’

More and more pro and college athletes are trying on the Q-Collar as they search for something, anything, that might keep their brains safe. But does it work?

As another major medical institution acknowledged the link between concussions and C.T.E., a group of scientists who guide many of sports’ top governing organizations dismissed the research at its conference.

Using a confrontational style honed in the ring, Dr. Christopher Nowinski challenges the N.F.L. and other leagues to acknowledge the link between concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.