The National Football League (NFL) has agreed to pay out a total of $765 million to help cover the medical expenses of more than 4,500 former players and to fund research on head injuries.
The National Football League (NFL) announced that, in partnership with General Electric, it will give $60 million over 4 years to research brain-trauma disease.
San Diego -
The family of Junior Seau filed a wrongful death suit against the NFL Wednesday, saying the former San Diego Chargers linebacker shot and killed himself because the NFL hid information from him about the dangers of playing football and brain disease.
Oceanside -
Junior Seau, a former pro football great known for his defensive work when he played for the San Diego Chargers, has committed suicide, found by a housekeeper at his beachfront home with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to California media.