NFL concussions

WASHINGTON (AP) — An NFL official has acknowledged a link between football and the brain disease CTE for the first time. Jeff Miller, the NFL’s senior vice president for health and safety, spoke about the connection during an appearance Monday at a congressional committee’s roundtable discussion about concussions. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) asked Miller: “Do […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Will Smith isn’t expecting any pushback from the NFL over his upcoming football drama, “Concussion.” “I don’t think it’s going to generate too much controversy (with the NFL). There will be a little difficulty in swallowing it, as it was for me. I’m a football dad, you know,” said the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of late Pro Bowl safety Dave Duerson will appeal this week’s NFL concussion settlement amid concerns it doesn’t include future awards for the brain decay diagnosed after his 2011 suicide. An appeal could hold up the settlement approved Wednesday by a federal judge in Philadelphia. The potential $1 billion deal […]