Football at a Crossroads
ARTICLES
• NFL concussion reports remain inconsistent »
• Study: New cases of CTE in players »
• The NFL's mixed messages on brain injuries »
• Teams face financial threat as claims move to head trauma »
• A number of universities work to make football safer »
• NFL players level with The Mag on concussions, player safety »
• Why are men willing to risk so much to play a game? »
• Concussion legacies in NFL, CFL starkly different -- so far »
• Fund once flush with multimillions faces safety crisis with depleted options »
• Two high school players give up the game because of concussions »
• To understand life after football, sit in attend Hall of Fame induction weekend »
• Experts call for caution linking player suicides with football concussions »
• Many scientists who are unaffiliated with ImPACT don't think it works »
• OTL survey: Concussions have taken their toll on parents »
VIDEO
MIXED MESSAGES
The NFL's retirement board awarded disability payments to at least three former players after concluding that football caused their crippling brain injuries -- even as the league's top medical experts for years consistently denied any link between the sport and long-term brain damage. Fainarus' story » Video 
MIND CONTROL
The NFL's intervention in the fate of Junior Seau's brain -- the most prized specimen yet in the race to document the relationship between football and brain damage -- was part of an aggressive strategy to dictate who leads the science of concussions. Fainarus' story » Video 
NEW CTE CASES
Researchers at Boston University have discovered 28 new cases of chronic brain damage in deceased football players -- more than doubling the number of documented cases involving football. Fainarus' story » Video
