Zac Easter was always the toughest tackler for his team, just like his NFL heroes. Zac was specific in the last note he left for his family: let others know about me, so they can avoid my fate. A few weeks after Zac's funeral, he found himself sitting in the Easter family home, talking over memories above a familiar backdrop. In Love, Zac Forgrave details how his post mortem diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the neurodegenerative condition linked to repeated blows to the head and/or concussion. He was aware too, of the work of Dr Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who linked CTE to American football for the first time in 2005.

Source: BBC April 28, 2021 22:52 UTC