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An Alarming New Study About Brain Injuries in Football, and How States Are Paying Millions for Rain

An Alarming New Study About Brain Injuries in Football, and How States Are Paying Millions for Rain
New York Times Tuesday 25 August 2026, 10:10 UTC By Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, John Branch, Nick Corasaniti and Alan Rappeport 1 min read
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The biggest predictor of C.T.E., a neurological disease, is the cumulative force of hits to a head over a lifetime.

The biggest predictor of C.T.E., a neurological disease, is the cumulative force of hits to a head over a lifetime.
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