Former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson joined the Boston University Center for Psychological Rehabilitation and CTE Research Center at WBUR City Space Oct. 9 to discuss his mental health journey after suffering repeated head trauma.
The sport has gradually become a cultural staple and, along with it, certain perceptions of how it should be. When a concept is deeply ingrained into a national identity, critique of the concept can be misconstrued as a threat on that identity. As a result, progress in the broader football conversation has been incredibly slow. Tackling, blocking, sacking — this is what makes our football “American.”
The NFL, which has faced scrutiny over its handling of head trauma, will no longer contribute to the funding of a Boston University-led study on a degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic...
There are currently 32 teams in the NFL with around 50 men each. That adds up to about 1,700 men, who tackle, clobber, sack and pummel each other for a salary — an average of $2 million a year, to be...
