NFL Says Preseason Saw Fewest Concussions Since Tracking Started October 7, 2024 By Rob Maaddi The NFL saw its fewest number of concussions in the preseason since tracking started in 2015. There were 44 concussions...
NFL Hands Off $35 Million to Concussion Researchers November 21, 2018 By Barry Wilner The National Football League is awarding more than $35 million in funding to five organizations conducting research into diagnosis and...
Ex-NFL Players Reminded to Register for Concussion Settlement February 13, 2017 A federal judge last week urged NFL retirees to register for a concussion settlement that could cost the league $1...
Supreme Court Could Block NFL’s $1 Billion Concussion Settlement October 2, 2016 By Maryclaire Dale A second petition has been filed asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the $1 billion settlement of NFL concussion...
Sports-Related Brain Injuries Are Emerging Risk for US & UK Insurers: S&P Report August 1, 2016 Sports-related brain injuries are one of the top emerging insurance claims in the U.S. and the U.K., according to a...
Court Upholds NFL’s $765 Million Concussion Settlement as ‘Fair’ April 19, 2016 By Jef Feeley and Sophia Pearson The National Football League’s $765 million concussion settlement was found by a federal appeals court to be fair, if imperfect....
Florida Researchers Find 40% of Retired NFL Players Had Brain Injury April 11, 2016 More than 40 percent of retired National Football League (NFL) players in a recent study had signs of traumatic brain...
Late NFL Player, Announcer Gifford Had Brain Disease Tied to Concussions December 1, 2015 By Christopher Palmeri and Lisa Wolfson Former professional football player and TV commentator Frank Gifford, who died in August at age 84, suffered from a degenerative...
Court Denies Players’ Appeal of NFL Concussion Claims Deal September 12, 2014 By Edvard Pettersson A group of retired National Football League players can’t appeal a judge’s preliminary approval of a $765 million settlement of...
NFL Agrees to Remove Cap on Players’ Concussions Payments June 26, 2014 By Jef Feeley and Sophia Pearson The National Football League agreed to lift a cap on cash awards to settle concussion claims after a federal judge...