Chris Borland knows firsthand all about the challenges of early retirement, having stepped away from a promising football career after one year because of concerns over head injuries. Instead of ...

Chris Borland's decision to retire after one season in the NFL because of concerns about the long-term effects of repetitive head trauma unleashed a flood of reaction from fellow NFL players and ...

Jeff Borland didn’t let his son, Chris, play football until high school growing up in Ohio. He thought youth coaches didn’t know how to teach little boys how to be safe tackling. So it was with great ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Another star member of San Francisco's vaunted defense is calling it a career. The 49ers announced late Monday that linebacker Chris Borland is retiring after one season, without ...

MIDDLETON — Chris Borland never intended to be a spokesman for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he retired from the NFL after one successful season with the San Francisco 49ers. And while ...

Wary of head trauma, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland is leaving football. And not even the promise of NFL stardom and piles of money could change his mind. So now, after one stellar ...