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REPORT: 76 Of 79 Deceased NFL Players Found To Have Brain Disease
(JL) DENVER, COLORADO, AUGUST 30, 2007 - Denver Broncos D.D. Lewis (54) and Karl Paymah (41) up end Arizona Cardinals Steve Baylark (33) after s gain in the seocnd quarter Thursday, August 30, 2007 at Invesco Field at Mile High. Paymah was injured on the play and suffered a concussion and had to be taken to the hospital. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
(JL) DENVER, COLORADO, AUGUST 30, 2007 - Denver Broncos D.D. Lewis (54) and Karl Paymah (41) up end Arizona Cardinals Steve Baylark (33) after s gain in the seocnd quarter Thursday, August 30, 2007 at Invesco Field at Mile High. Paymah was injured on the play and suffered a concussion and had to be taken to the hospital. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

As the NFL nears an end to its long-running legal battle over concussions, new data from the nation’s largest brain bank focused on traumatic brain injury has found evidence of a degenerative brain disease in 76 of the 79 former players it’s examined.

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