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Female athletes have reaction times 80 milliseconds faster and make fewer mistakes on the day they ovulate, according to research. Researchers at University College London (UCL) studied how different stages of the menstrual cycle and levels of activity affected women’s brain function. They tracked 54 women aged 18 to 40 not using hormone-based contraception and grouped them according to how …

The NCAA moved a step closer Wednesday to allowing athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports. The Division I Administrative Committee approved the change, which must still be approved by Division II and III for it to go into effect. If approved by all three divisions, it would go into effect Nov. 1. “The Administrative Committee …

David PurdumOct 8, 2025, 01:03 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee on Wednesday adopted a proposal to allow student-athletes and athletic department staff to bet on professional sports, a shift in a long-held policy that had become difficult to enforce with the spread of legal sports betting …

“The whole idea with this was to look at the earliest and first things that are happening in the brain in young individuals who played these contact sports, and what we ended up finding is that these changes are occurring before CTE, or even independent of CTE,” Cherry said in an interview Wednesday. “So it was really showing us that …

Between 50 and 60 athletes who went through male puberty have been finalists in the female category in global and continental track and field championships since 2000, according to a senior World Athletics official. World Athletics has introduced SRY screening, a gene test that uses a cheek swab to assess if someone is biologically male or female, for the world …

Protein is essential for building, maintaining, and recovering muscles. That means if you’re regularly going to the gym, running, or playing other sports, you may need to pay extra attention to your protein intake. When it comes to protein, guidelines recommend people eat anywhere from “1.2 to 2 grams per kilogram of body weight per day,” said David Goldman, MS, …

Many Minor Hits Can Damage an Athlete’s Brain, Studies Find  The New York Times Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes  Nature Repeated head impacts cause early neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes  National Institutes of Health (NIH) | (.gov) BU CTE study of young athletes could ‘significantly change how we view contact sports’  Boston Herald Study identifies microstructural …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Fourteen former N.C. State male athletes have filed a lawsuit in state court alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine, expanding a case that began with a federal lawsuit from a single athlete three years ago. The lawsuit filed Wednesday evening in Wake County Superior …

Sep 18, 2025, 11:13 AM ET RALEIGH, N.C. — Fourteen former NC State male athletes have filed a civil lawsuit in state court alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine, expanding a case that began with a federal lawsuit from a single athlete three years ago. The lawsuit filed …

Neuropathological Diagnosis Brain tissue was obtained from the CTE and the National Center for PTSD Brain Banks. Identical intake and tissue processing procedures occur with both brain banks. Four controls included in Nissl quantification were provided by the Iowa Neuropathology Resource Laboratory. Neuropathological examination was performed by board certified neuropathologists as described previously10,44. Diagnosis of CTE was determined using published …