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March 14, 2016 05:06 pm PDT

NFL acknowledges link between football and brain disease for the first time

Team helmets at NFL HQ in NYC Dec. 3, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The chief health and safety officer of the NFL today acknowledged a connection between football-related head trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), in what is the first time any senior football league official has said anything about the link between football and the devastating brain disease that affects so many who play the game.

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