Hockey legend Bobby Hull had stage 2 CTE at the time of his death, his widow and researchers announced Wednesday. According to the and the Associated Press , researchers at Boston University's CTE Center said on Wednesday, Feb. 19 that Hull, whose brain was donated after his death in 2023 , suffered from the condition known as CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in a statement released by the late athlete's widow, Deborah Hull. Hull, a two-time NHL MVP and Hall of Fame member who reportedly struggled with short-term memory loss and...

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Hockey Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull, the first NHL player to score more than 50 goals in a season, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died in 2023, his widow and the Concussion Legacy Foundation said on Wednesday. Hull's family donated his brain to a brain bank at the Boston University CTE Center after he died in 2023 at the age of 84 and results from a post-mortem brain tissue analysis showed he had stage 2 (of 4) CTE. CTE, which can only be...