The most shocking thing about the latest statistics on CTE in football is that we find them so shocking Since its earliest days, it’s been clear football is bad for the brain

https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/31/cte-nfl-boston-university-study-football-concussion-history/ By Emily HarrisonAug. 31, 2026 Harrison is a historian of science and public health at Wellesley College. A new study led by Boston-area researchers has set my media feeds abuzz with the finding that nearly 1 in 4 NFL players in their sample had CTE at time of death. CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a degenerative brain disease. It is caused by repeated concussions and smaller non-concussive hits.