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Alana Gee, the widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma, leaves the Stanley Mosk civil courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct. 21, 2022. A Los Angeles jury has rejected her claim who said the NCAA failed to protect him from repeated head trauma that led to his death.

Jury says the NCAA is not to blame in an ex-USC football player's death

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Matthew Gee's widow alleged he suffered repeated brain-damaging hits as a college athlete that led to substance abuse and eventually his death. The verdict could affect countless claims by athletes who sue sports organizations over head injuries,

Athletes who play NCAA spring sports whose seasons were truncated by the coronavirus outbreak will be eligible for another season. This photo shows Purdue Fort Wayne's Rachel Everson playing softball in March.

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NCAA Division 1 Athletes Get Another Shot At Spring Sports

Tom Goldman

Schools have been authorized to offer spring sport athletes whose schedule was shut down by the coronavirus an extra year of eligibility so they can play an extra season.

Attacker Katie Hoeg, center, is a senior on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill women's lacrosse team. She is hoping to continue playing for the Tarheels after graduating this spring.

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With College Sports Shut Down, NCAA Hopes To Give Senior Athletes A 2nd Chance

Tom Goldman

Student athletes normally are ineligible to continue playing after graduation. But with college careers cut short by the coronavirus, the NCAA may allow Division 1 seniors to play next year.

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

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New Tool Used to Diagnose Concussions

According to a report from the NCAA, a little more than seven percent of injuries in college football are concussions. The term concussion started to gain…