Athletes leave brains to science.

• Position: SPORTS - Brief article

Pro athletes routinely give their bodies to their sports. Now, some are planning to give their brains to science. A dozen retired athletes, including six N.F.L. prayers, will donate their brains after their deaths to Boston University's School of Medicine, where they'll be studied for the tong-term effects of concussions. Examinations of the brains of six deceased N.F.L. players have already shown a rink between concussions and permanent brain damage, but the N.F.L. maintains that the long-term effects are...