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Debra Pyka and Jeffrey Chernach

Latest articles by Debra Pyka and Jeffrey Chernach

We lost our son to football and brain disease. This is our story.
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Debra Pyka and Jeffrey Chernach talk about the death of their son Joseph — and their discovery that he had CTE.

By Debra Pyka and Jeffrey Chernach