O.J. Murdock’s family has done the right thing: They’ve donated his brain to scientists who are studying whether concussions lead to depression and long-term mental degeneration in football players. Murdock, a Tennessee Titan, on July 30 joined a growing list of NFL players who have committed suicide. He shot himself..
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How many more of these suicides will I have to write about? Today, Wednesday, ex-National Football League player Junior Seau apparently killed himself at his home in Oceanside, Calif. He was only 43, and his death comes less than two weeks after the suicide of another NFL player, Ray Easterling...
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It shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone this week when researchers announced the findings of their examination of the brain tissue of ex-Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson: He had chronic traumatic encephalopathy. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/sports/football/03duerson.html?ref=sports CTE, as it is known, is the mentally debilitating disease that’s been found in the brains of nearly two dozen..
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Dave Duerson Suicide – Brain Injury Connection? Yesterday I posted a blog about ex-Chicago Bear Dave Duerson committing suicide last Thursday. It’s now believed that Duerson shot himself in the chest, rather than in the head, so his brain would be intact for testing for the degenerative disease that is plaguing retired NFL..
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The life of another former pro football player, who suspected he was suffering from long-term brain damage, has ended in tragedy. In this instance it was Dave Duerson, who committed suicide last Thursday by shooting himself in the chest. He was only 50. http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/02/report-duerson-died-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound.html In its obituary, The New York Times described Duerson..
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