The "unique pattern" of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the debilitating brain disease known as CTE, has been found for the first time in a patient before he died, NBC News reported. It was detected ...

*Unfortunately, the Aaron Hernandez CTE diagnosis did not come as a surprise to many one-time fans. Just 10 months after Aaron Hernandez signed a $40 million contract with the New England Patriots, he ...

The stunning suicide of Aaron Hernandez led to another surprising turn -- a fight over his brain. Hernandez's family wants his brain to be studied by the Boston University CTE Center for a brain ...

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's autopsy revealed he had one of 'the most severe cases of CTE' researchers at Boston University had ever seen. Drafted by New England in the ...

The Worcester County District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts said after an investigation into the former NFL star's death that Hernandez took his own life. Guards discovered the body of Hernandez, ...

The wife and daughter of Aaron Hernandez have dropped their CTE lawsuit against the NFL and the New England Patriots and plan to re-file it Monday in another court. The "notice of voluntary dismissal ...