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ROCK HILL, S.C. — An autopsy revealed unusually severe brain disease in the frontal lobe of the former NFL player accused of fatally shooting six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina, before killing himself in April, authorities announced Tuesday.The...

Boston University neuropathologists said Phillip Adams had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — a degenerative brain disease found in many former football players.

Former professional football player Phillip Adams, who allegedly shot and killed six people before killing himself, suffered from a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head trauma, researchers found.

A doctor who studied former NFL player Phillip Adams' brain compared it to the severity found in the brain of Aaron Hernandez.

A doctor who studied former NFL player Phillip Adams' brain compared it to the severity found in the brain of Aaron Hernandez.

Philip Adams’ brain was found to have “unusually severe” frontal lobe damage from being hit in the head repeatedly during his six-season football career, according to a team of University of Boston researchers who were asked to study his brain.

Former NFL player Phillip Adams was suffering from the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he shot dead six people before killing himself in April, officials said on Tuesday. A post-mortem examination of Adams' brain carried out by neuropathologists&...

A doctor who studied former NFL player Phillip Adams' brain compared it to the severity found in the brain of Aaron Hernandez.

A doctor who studied former NFL player Phillip Adams' brain compared it to the severity found in the brain of Aaron Hernandez.

A doctor who studied former NFL player Phillip Adams' brain compared it to the severity found in the brain of Aaron Hernandez.