Junior Seau’s family has sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker’s suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing professional football, mostly with the San Diego Chargers. Filed Wednesday in California Superior Court in San Diego, the wrongful death suit blames the NFL for its “acts or omissions” [...]
Thomas Jones Decides to Donate His Brain to Sports Legacy Institute
January 16, 2013 | Posted by
Retired running back Thomas Jones, who played 12 NFL seasons, has decided that he will donate his brain to the Sports Legacy Institute to be studied for evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to ESPNNewYork.com. Jones does not have an accurate count of many concussions that he has sustained during his professional, collegiate and [...]
Doctors: Junior Seau Had Brain Disease at Time of Suicide
January 10, 2013 | Posted by
Doctors say Junior Seau’s brain was plagued by chronic damage that has been found in dozens of deceased former football players. Five independent brain specialists selected by the National Institutes of Health came to these discoveries on Seau, a Hall of Fame linebacker who killed himself last May with a gunshot to the heart. Gina [...]
No Drugs or Alcohol Found in Junior Seau’s System
August 21, 2012 | Posted by
There was no alcohol or drugs found in Junior Seau’s system when he shot and killed himself at his home in May, according to the autopsy report released by the San Diego County Medical’s Examiner’s Office on Monday. The girlfriend of the former NFL All-Pro linebacker found his body with a single gunshot wound to [...]
NFL Kicks Off Wellness Program for Current, Retired Players
July 26, 2012 | Posted by
Spurred no doubt by the suicide of former all-Pro Junior Seau and the myriad lawsuits in recent months over brain injuries, the NFL launched a comprehensive wellness program for current and retired players — including a confidential mental health Life Line. “There is no higher priority for the National Football League than the health and [...]
Junior Seau’s Family Releases Brain Tissue
July 12, 2012 | Posted by
The family former All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau has donated some of his brain tissue for research amid questions about whether damage from his football career contributed to his decision to commit suicide, officials said today. The San Diego County medical examiner’s office recently released preserved brain tissue to the National Institutes of Health, coroner’s spokeswoman [...]
Misuse of Ambien May Have Played a Role in Junior Seau’s Suicide
June 1, 2012 | Posted by
Nancy Emsley says she once lectured Junior Seau about the dangers of taking a powerful sleep-aid drug without getting a full night’s sleep afterward. “He just rolled his eyes,” the friend and workout partner of the late football star said. Emsley’s account, part of a USA Today article on the days leading up to Seau’s [...]
