Famous Hockey Enforcer Had Traumatic Brain Injury, Doctors Say

A famous hockey "enforcer" who died of a drug overdose had chronic traumatic encephalopathy at the time of his death, the New York Times reported on Monday. Hockey player Derek Boogaard had advanced stages of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died at the age of 28 from a drug overdose, according to an article in the New York Times. The Times' article and other media coverage since Boogaard's death state that while doctors believe that CTE likely affected Boogaard's drug abuse, it is unclear as to how the two conditions affected one another. Boogaard, a left winger for ...