Former NFL running back Kevin Turner, who died in March, was diagnosed Thursday with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease at the forefront of the league's concussion crisis.
Nadia Kounang of CNN reported Thursday the findings were confirmed by Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University and the Concussion Legacy Foundation. The Boston Herald noted the findings showed an "extraordinary and unprecedented" level of CTE in Turner's brain.
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