Aaron Hernandez's autopsy revealed the former New England Patriots tight end had suffered one of the worst cases of CTE ...

BOSTON (KABC) -- Massachusetts officials announced Thursday afternoon that the brain of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez would be released after his family said it was being illegally withheld. Jose ...

BOSTON -- Authorities in Massachusetts say Aaron Hernandez's brain is being turned over to university researchers now that they've ruled his death in prison a suicide. The Worcester County district ...

BOSTON, Massachusetts -- Aaron Hernandez's family wants to donate his brain to science, but Massachusetts officials are refusing to release it despite turning over the rest of his body to a funeral ...

Aaron Hernandez's lawyer says the former New England Patriots tight end's brain showed severe signs of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy. In a news conference at his ...

Guards discovered the body of Hernandez early Wednesday morning and he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Aaron Hernandez sitting in the courtroom of the Attleboro District Court during his ...

The neurodegenerative disease can only be diagnosed after death. — -- Days after his death, Aaron Hernandez's family announced that the former NFL star's brain will be examined for signs of ...