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Brain disease in dead NFL players 'higher than previously shown'

Brain scans of a former NFL player who was diagnosed with CTE As many as 97.7% of NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 could have had brain disease related to repeated blows to the head, a new

bbc.co.uk•August 25, 2026