Brian Dawkins has worked hard to break the stigma surrounding mental health since he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a 16-season career.

Authorities say an autopsy found unusually severe brain disease in the frontal lobe of the former NFL player accused of fatally shooting six people in South Carolina before killing himself in April.

Any visitor to Rock Hill, South Carolina, soon learns its nickname, “Football City, USA.”.

After a significant drop in mass shootings in the United States during a pandemic-hit 2020, this year has seen several deadly ones.

A sixth person has died after a shooting earlier this week by a former NFL player who also killed four members of a South Carolina family.

The brain of the former NFL player who killed five people in South Carolina before fatally shooting himself will be tested for a degenerative disease that has affected a number of pro athletes.

The NFL and its players’ union have an array of health programs designed to help former players in their life after football.

Authorities are trying to figure out why former NFL player Phillip Adams shot and killed a prominent South Carolina doctor, three of his family members and a repairman before taking his own life.

Phillip Adams was a journeyman NFL player whose career was cut short by injuries.

Authorities in South Carolina have confirmed that former NFL player Phillip Adams was the gunman who killed five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren in South Carolina.