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PHILADELPHIA -- A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged "race-norming" in dementia tests for retired NFL players, a practice that some say makes it harder for Black athletes to ...

Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for ...

PHILADELPHIA — Black retired football players who were denied payments for dementia in the NFL’s $1-billion concussion settlement can seek to be retested or have their claims rescored to eliminate ...

The NFL has vowed to stop the use of "race-norming," a practice that dates back to 1990. The two-tiered scoring system assumed that Black players have a lower cognitive function than white colleagues.

Race-norming practices have been in use since the 1990s Benjamin VanHoose is the Senior News Editor on the TV team at PEOPLE. He has written about entertainment and breaking news for the brand since ...

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Former National Football League player Brent Boyd (C) rubs his head while sitting next to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (L) during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee ...

The NFL is set to propose changes to the $1 billion concussion settlement on Wednesday after an outcry over test score adjustments known as "race-norming," which make it harder for retired Black ...

While the NFL kicks off its season this week, former players are still fighting for payouts from a landmark concussion settlement. Many players and their attorneys believe that they've been denied, in ...

Under the settlement, the NFL has insisted on using a scoring algorithm on the dementia testing that assumes Black men start with lower cognitive skills. Former NFL player Ken Jenkins exits the ...