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Derek Boogaard's family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the National Hockey League.

Former NFL offensive lineman Kyle Turley told the San Diego Union-Tribune that he is suffering from severe mental problems, and has considered suicide, as a result of multiple head injuries he sustained while playing football.

Two nationally prominent concussion researchers -- including a senior adviser to the NFL -- served as paid consultants to law firms suing the league for allegedly concealing the link between football and brain damage.

President Barack Obama says he's a football fan but that if he had a son, considering the impact the game has on its players, he would think long and hard before allowing his son to play.

The family of Junior Seau has sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker's suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football.

Brain scans performed on five former NFL players revealed images of the protein that causes football-related brain damage -- the first time researchers have identified signs of the crippling disease in living players.

Professional sports has reached its tipping point. The players, already too big, already too fast, already too strong, are now engaged in a game of attrition not against the other team, but against the regular season.

Thomas Jones, a retired running back who played for five teams in 12 NFL seasons, has decided to donate his brain to the Sports Legacy Institute to be studied for evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he doesn't have a problem with the way the Washington Redskins medical staff handled Robert Griffin III's knee injury.

Junior Seau's death didn't stop us from watching football. But his CTE diagnosis should cause an immediate demand for more study of the impact of football on players of all ages.

In case you were out pretending like you've seen and have an opinion about Oscar nominee Amour, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. The Cleveland Browns have filled their vacant head coaching position, hiring Rob Chudzinski away from t...

Junior Seau suffered from the type of chronic brain damage that also has been found in dozens of deceased former players, three independent scientists concluded.

Boston University researchers now have 50 confirmed cases of former football players with CTE -- 33 who played in the NFL, one in the CFL, one semi-professionally, nine through college and six who played only in high school.

Over the last few years, there has been a heightened awareness about concussions, brain injuries and the long-term risks potentially faced by athletes as the result of playing contact sports (and even sports commonly designated as "non-contact.") It'...

A study of former NFL players finds they were unusually prone to dying from degenerative brain disease, the latest indication that repeated blows to the head may cause serious trouble later on.

Researchers and medical experts, including leaders in the study of CTE, caution against rushing to judgment when a former football player commits suicide.