http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. How multiple research groups and the NFL battled over Junior Seau's brain to lead the science of concussions.]]> April 28, 2013 10:29:41 PDT ESPN investigative reporter Steve Fainaru talks to Zubin Mehenti about the article he co-wrote with brother Mark Fainaru-Wada on the potential conflict of interest of two top concussion researchers.]]> April 04, 2013 16:08:57 PDT 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.]]> April 04, 2013 15:12:17 PDT ESPN investigative reporter Steve Fainaru discusses the study that revealed images of the protein that causes football-related brain damage.]]> January 22, 2013 07:45:06 PST 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.]]> January 22, 2013 01:24:22 PST 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.]]> January 09, 2013 15:16:56 PST An ESPN "Outside the Lines" investigation, reported by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, provides new information on the hot-button concussion issu...]]> December 14, 2012 07:02:23 PST Three years after Congress pressured the NFL to overhaul its concussion program, the league effort remains marked by inconsistencies in how it tracks, treats and even describes serious head injuries.]]> December 03, 2012 10:16:45 PST 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.]]> December 01, 2012 04:16:35 PST Reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada speaks with Jeremy Schaap about Fridaya€™s OTL story regarding new information about the late Mike Webster, information tha...]]> November 16, 2012 12:00:32 PST The NFL retirement board determined in 1999 that repeated blows to the head had left Mike Webster, who spent most of his 17-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, "totally and permanently" disabled.]]> November 16, 2012 03:04:10 PST The brother reporting team of Mark Fainaru-Wada & Steve Fainaru discuss their on-going investigation into concussions in the NFL & the story appearing...]]> November 16, 2012 03:05:38 PST The NFL's mixed messages about brain trauma. Profile of Cardinals CB William Gay. The NFL experience is shifting from the stadium to the couch. Profil...]]> November 16, 2012 11:57:27 PST For years while the NFL's top medical experts denied any link between football and long-term brain damage, the league retirement board awarded disability payments to at least three former players after concluding that football caused their brain injuries.]]> November 15, 2012 18:23:28 PST For years NFL officials denied that playing football can cause brain injuries, but the NFL's disability board concluded otherwise. Prim Siripipat talks to Steve Fainaru about the documents he and his brother, Mark Fainaru-Wada, uncovered.]]> November 15, 2012 06:11:15 PST