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Researchers are finding CTE in ever-younger brains. The parents of some of these contact-sport athletes bravely and openly shared their stories with us. Their conversations with us were raw, honest and emotional.
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- Michael Locksley, the head football coach of Maryland, revealed to The Times that the son he lost to murder at 25 had CTE. He had wondered if his son’s mental decline “had something to do with these concussions” he had playing football. Our story:
- We took a deep look into the toss: that graceful lift of the ball into the hitting zone. It is the always crucial, sometimes overlooked, barely decipherable ingredient in the game’s most important shot.
- See where NATO is ramping up battlegroups in Eastern EuropeNATO said it was deploying additional battlegroups to Eastern Europe amid growing concerns over how Russia may respond to the increasing diplomatic and economic penalties it is facing. Follow our maps of the war in Ukraine. nyti.ms/3tAtbi9
- This @JohnBranchNYT thread sums up our Fear Project so well. And nice that I can just retweet it. The sports these Winter Olympians do scares them. We spent the past months asking them about it and making these pieces. Spend time with them. I think you’ll be happy you did.OK, now you're totally into the Winter Olympics. Let's talk about the @nytimes FEAR project that so many others are talking about. A thread to help you out, starting with the trailer to get you interested.
