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Jon Burnett, 70, was recently diagnosed with the disease, and he says he'll donate his brain to science when he dies to help find a cure. The long-running co-host of Evening Magazine and Pittsburgh Today on KDKA-TV played both fullback and defensive end football in Knoxville, Tennessee, beginning at the age of 10. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease characterized by repeated head blows, and it has been linked to high-impact sports like football and boxing.

Demarcus Ware left no debate when it came to his Hall of Fame nomination, but the same cannot be said of his national anthem performance on Thursday night. Ware was given the opportunity to perform the 'Star-Spangled Banner' before being admitted into Canton on Saturday, with the Jets and Browns competing in the Hall of Fame (preseason) Game. And his performance left viewers divided.

Boston University researchers reported on Monday that they had found the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in 345 of 376 former NFL players they've studied, in another troubling sign for professional football. The 91.7 percent incidence rate, according to researchers at the CTE Center, who have been raising the alarm about the disease for years, is significantly different from the general population's, which is described as 'highly poor.' In 2018, the Framingham Heart Study found the only instance of CTE in 164 brain samples, and that sample came from a former college football player.

Charles Johnson, a former Pittsburgh Steeler and New England Patriot who died in July at the age of 50, died by suicide. According to the state medical examiner's office in North Carolina, Johnson, who eventually won a Super Bowl while with the Patriots, overdosed on opioids. via USA Today. On July 17, 2022, he was discovered dead in a hotel room near his Raleigh, North Carolina, after his wife reported the 50-year-old missing a day earlier.

Emmanuel Sanders has resigned from football, saying, 'I gave the game everything I had and the game gave it back to me." With six receptions for 83 yards against the Carolina Panthers, the 35-year-old wide receiver announced his retirement on Wednesday after winning Super Bowl 50 seven years ago, when he was the game's best receiver with six receptions for 83 yards against the Carolina Panthers (10-24). After starting out with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010, Sanders may have embarked on his 13th NFL season. He has appeared with the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, and the Buffalo Bills.