The NFL pledged to halt the use of “race-norming,” which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function, in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and to review past scores for any potential race bias.

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NEW YORK — A small chocolate milk company wanted to tout the ability of its drink in helping high school athletes recover from concussions to coincide with the Will Smith movie “Concussion,” according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. ...

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ROCKVILLE — A judge says the NCAA can keep 14 internal emails, memos and meeting minutes sealed from public view in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the brain-injury death of a Frostburg State University football player. The player’s parents ...

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The National Football League’s $765 million settlement of concussion lawsuits is headed for an appeal, a move that could delay players’ access to benefits. Philadelphia U.S. District Judge Anita Brody’s approval of the accord capped almost two years of negotiations ...

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A federal judge in Minnesota has denied the National Hockey League's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former players accusing it of not doing enough to protect players from concussions.

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A Johns Hopkins professor, the widow of a former NFL player who had both Alzheimer's disease and CTE when he died in 2010, is critical of the proposed settlement.

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The National Football League’s $765 million settlement over concussions came up short a second time as a federal judge said she wants more changes before she’ll approve it.

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An NFL lawyer on Wednesday warned a federal judge that if she didn’t approve a $765 million head injury settlement, the league may drag out the litigation for years.

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A symposium at Mount St. Mary's University asks people to consider some difficult questions about National Football League player concussions.

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Medical officials from the NFL, FIFA and other sports organizations are banding together to look into better ways to identify, manage and treat concussions.

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