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Mass shooter said ‘Football gave me CTE.’ Are youth athletes at risk?

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

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

NFL HQ Shooting Highlights Football's CTE Problem

In a 2023 study, Boston University CTE Center found that 345 out of the 376 former NFL players investigated had CTE, a brain ...

The Dangerous Logic of CTE Self-Diagnosis

The Midtown Manhattan shooter speculated that the condition was a cause of his mental illness. But drawing that conclusion is ...

CTE awareness grows as high school football evolves for safety

"The athlete is taking so many blows to their body that their head is being shook in an inappropriate way via tackling or ...

NYC Shooter Blamed Football and the NFL—What the Physician Who Discovered CTE Says

The NYC mass shooter blamed football for his actions. But Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man who discovered CTE, says that excuse ...

What Is CTE? The Football-Connected Brain Disease Cited by the Manhattan Shooter

CTE, caused by repeated head trauma, has prompted a reckoning at all levels of football. The gunman believed he was suffering ...

CTE has been diagnosed in former professional football and hockey players

Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old gunman who fatally shot 36-year-old New York City police officer Didarul Islam and several ...

Here’s what to know about CTE, the brain disease the NYC shooter blamed for his mental health issues

A degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and other head trauma common in military combat and contact ...

He ‘found his place in the world’ through football. But CTE would lead to 15 years of suffering

Fifteen years after Greg left football, on the evening of May 21, 2024, The Ventura County Star published a news roundup ...

The NYC shooter said his brain was damaged by football. Here’s what we know about CTE.

Beloved actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were saddled with credit card debt at the time of their tragic deaths ...

N.Y.C. Shooter, Who Played High School Football, Slammed NFL in Suicide Note and Said He Had Brain Disease CTE

Shane Devon Tamura, who killed at least four people in N.Y.C. before turning the gun on himself, claimed in his suicide note ...