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 ...

The stunning suicide of Aaron Hernandez led to another surprising turn -- a fight over his brain. Hernandez's family wants his brain to be studied by the Boston University CTE Center for a brain ...

BOSTON -- Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez suffered substantial damage to parts of the brain that affect memory, judgment and behavior from the most severe case of a degenerative ...

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 ...

The Worcester County District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts said after an investigation into the former NFL star's death that Hernandez took his own life. Guards discovered the body of Hernandez, ...

*Unfortunately, the Aaron Hernandez CTE diagnosis did not come as a surprise to many one-time fans. Just 10 months after Aaron Hernandez signed a $40 million contract with the New England Patriots, he ...