Patrick Risha CTE Awareness Foundation

Parents want to make the best decisions they can for their children. But making informed decisions requires having all of the information.

Before a medical procedure, patients are told the risks. Before signing a contract, people review the details.

Parents deserve that same transparency when it comes to youth sports and the conversation around repetitive head impacts.

This isn’t about fear.
It isn’t about guilt.
And it isn’t about telling families what choice to make.

It’s about giving parents honest, evidence-based information so they can weigh the benefits and risks for themselves.

Every family deserves the opportunity to make decisions with open eyes and the full picture.

Because informed consent only works when parents are truly informed.

Learn more and join our mission to help stop CTE at www.stopcte.org

Soccer ‘Headers’ Acutely Raise Brain Damage Biomarkers Study findings are concerning, but will the world’s most popular sport ban the practice of heading the ball?

A broken arm gets a cast.
A torn ACL gets rehab.
A concussion gets attention.

But what about the thousands of hits that don’t cause symptoms?

Research continues to examine the long-term effects of repetitive head impacts—the routine collisions, headers, tackles, and hits that may never be diagnosed as concussions.

The brain doesn’t keep score based on whether an athlete “felt fine” afterward.

That’s why conversations about brain health can’t begin and end with concussions alone.

Protecting athletes means understanding the full picture, asking difficult questions, and putting long-term brain health ahead of short-term wins.

Because the most serious injuries are sometimes the ones nobody can see.

Protect the brain. Protect the future.

Learn how you can help stop CTE. Visit our website to learn more www.stopcte.org

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An analysis of the latest RHI CTE therapies that show some promise.

Ketamine vs. Psilocybin, Ibogaine, Ayahuasca Therapy Comparison Ketamine, psilocybin, ibogaine, and ayahuasca therapy comparison: Explore psychedelic treatments for depression and mental health at Felicity.

This is beyond tragic. We have lost three hockey players in a week, and who knows how many at the high school and collegiate level we have lost to addiction or su***de without knowing.

College hockey player shared su***de note on Instagram before his death University of Maryland hockey player Ian Hutchison shared a message via social media before he died by su***de. “I had amazing friends, a loving family and had enough memories to last a lifetime,” he wrote, in part, on Thursday, May 28. The Terrapins hockey team confirmed Hutchison’s death on ...

Do you want to help us end tackle football for children under 18? On July 17 please join us in Toronto at 7 pm EST or watch our kickoff campaign on https://www.youtube.com/. We will be joined by Tony Whelan from FootballKills.com and Anne & Bill Benedict from OneLastGoal.com. Please email [email protected] if you would like more information.
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Football Safety Awareness | Football Kills Discover the risks of youth tackle football with Football Kills. Learn the facts and explore safer options today.

The PET imaging for CTE could be available to patients as early as the next two years, pending further studies."

PET suggests potential chronic traumatic encephalopathy biomarker in living humans A first-in-class PET imaging approach can accurately detect a biomarker for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a devastating neurodegenerative disease associated with repeated head impact. Rather than waiting until after death for a definitive diagnosis, this imaging biomarker has the potential...

Coaches have the opportunity to shape more than wins and losses—they help protect the long-term health and well-being of every player on their team.

We’ve learned so much about the effects of repetitive head impacts (RHI), but there’s still more work to do. Reducing those impacts can help lower the risk of lasting brain injury, mental health struggles, depression, CTE, and other serious outcomes later in life.

The culture of sports doesn’t have to stay the same. Coaches have the power to lead the change and create environments where athletes can compete—and still protect their futures.

Learn how you can help stop CTE. Visit stopcte.org

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The Jovanovic litigation reflects a broader shift in sports law where athletes are no longer willing to accept that long-term neurological damage is simply part of the game. As concussion litigation expands into Olympic sports, governing bodies may face increasing pressure to answer a difficult question: if organizations profit from athletes’ performance, market their stories, and control the conditions under which they compete, how much responsibility do they bear when those athletes are left with lifelong consequences after the competition ends?

Beyond the Finish Line: Athlete Safety and the Expanding Scope of Concussion Liability in Olympic Sports | Sports Litigation Alert When we think of concussion litigation, we picture professional football and other major contact sports. Cases involving the NFL, NHL, and NCAA have helped reshape public understanding of repetitive brain trauma and its long-term health implications, which in turn has forced sports organizations to....

And another NHL player sadly.

Byers Diagnosed With Stage 3 CTE: 'NHL Can Do Better' - Gino Hard Lyndon Byers diagnosed with Stage 3 CTE after his 2025 death. Widow Anne tells the NHL it can do better.