Study: Estimated 75% of NFL players who died between 2008 to 2023 had CTE

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorA new study estimates that seventy-five percent of ex-NFL players who died between two thousand eight and twenty twenty-three had CTE, the brain disease tied to high-impact sports.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIs that a lot, compared with people who don't play football?

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt is, and it's why the study raises alarm about football's long-term toll on players.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorI sat on that bench four seasons, and I take this one seriously.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's a hard number to hear. Thanks for laying it out plainly.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNow to tonight's games, starting with the World Series.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt's Brewers zero, Rays zero in the top of the second of Game Five, and Milwaukee leads the series three games to one.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo one more win and the Brewers are champions?

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorExactly right.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIn the NBA, Toronto leads Orlando forty-three to thirty-seven with six fifty-nine left in the second quarter, and the Capitals lead the Flyers one to nothing after one period.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd soccer is mostly halftime right now, so it's a lot of orange slices.