Sport’s day is split between legacy and accountability: tributes honor one of rugby league’s defining pioneers, while new evidence on CTE renews scrutiny of football’s long-term human cost. Elsewhere, the NFL marks a notable retirement and golf faces backlash over an ad that cros...
Sport’s day is split between legacy and accountability: tributes honor one of rugby league’s defining pioneers, while new evidence on CTE renews scrutiny of football’s long-term human cost. Elsewhere, the NFL marks a notable retirement and golf faces backlash over an ad that crosses a public line.
Sir Billy Boston, one of rugby league’s most celebrated players and a pioneering Welsh star, dies at 92. Boston becomes a legend with Wigan and Great Britain, earning recognition as a prolific try-scorer and a trailblazing figure whose career helps shape the modern profile of the sport.
A new study finds that at least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The research, based on donated brains examined after death, adds significant data to the debate over how widespread the degenerative brain disease is among former professionals.
Wide receiver Allen Robinson retires from the NFL on his 33rd birthday, ending an 11-season career. Robinson announces the decision on social media, closing a run in which he is known as a productive veteran receiver and a durable presence across multiple teams.
Callaway Golf apologizes after a co-branded Good Good Golf video shows a woman being shoved to the ground, triggering strong backlash online. The company removes the advertisement, and both Callaway and Good Good publicly say the content is inappropriate after critics condemn it as trivializing violence against women.
Top Sport stories
- Study finds CTE in at least one in four recently deceased former NFL players (16 sources)
- Sir Billy Boston, pioneering Welsh rugby league winger, dies aged 92 (15 sources)
- Delhi High Court halts FSSAI move to cancel ITC licence over “100%” claims (8 sources)
- Callaway apologizes after “Good Good” video shows woman shoved to the ground (8 sources)
- Study finds at least 25% of deceased NFL players (2016-2021) had CTE (7 sources)
- Allen Robinson retires from the NFL on his 33rd birthday after 11 seasons (6 sources)
- Pakistan and Iran say talks make significant progress on ending conflict and reopening Hormuz (6 sources)
- Sydney Sweeney posts airplane stunt, jokes to Tom Cruise after “Top Gun” reacts (6 sources)
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