"Our family is grateful to learn of his confirmed CTE diagnosis in hopes to continue our father's desire to bring awareness, increased intervention, education, and support for NFL ...
Frank Wycheck’s daughter worried about her father everyday, unsure if he would make it to appointments or even drink enough water. The NFL star from Northeast Philadelphia, who died in December 2023, ...
Almost every tackle football game that's ever played on any level. It's what Wycheck did on the NFL level for over a decade. CTE can lead to significant mental health issues like memory loss, ...
The Green Bay Packers great opened up during a recent interview, saying he felt like “the world was caving in” after he was ...
Families of deceased NFL players pushed an appeals court to reverse a federal court's decision that they must dig up and ...
Former Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck died at 52 in December. His family revealed he suffered from CTE before his ...
The brain of former NFL star, Frank Wycheck, was found to have severe damage from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).
The family of late NFL tight end Frank Wycheck confirmed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death 13 months ago, per ESPN. CTE is a degenerative brain ...
A 2017 study conducted by the Boston University CTE Center concluded that the brains of 99% of former NFL players had at least trace amounts of the neurodegenerative disease. Researchers studied ...
But now in hindsight, I understand that he was suffering from the symptoms of CTE due to the repeated trauma his brain and body endured over 11 seasons in the NFL. My father put his body on the ...
After retirement, he fought for years to bring light to his post-NFL journey and the fears he had around his struggles and symptoms that he knew whole-heartedly was CTE. He often felt forgotten ...
During his NFL career, Brett Favre was known for his fearless playing style, often holding onto the ball until the very last ...