Even before she read the autopsy report, Mary Ann Easterling knew her husband, former Atlanta Falcons and University of Richmond football player Ray Easterling, suffered from chronic traumatic ...

The recent suicide of Junior Seau has shifted the focus of the NFL off season, from the draft, trades and mini-camps to matters far more serious. Facing lawsuits from more than 1,500 of its former ...

The opening of the NFL training camps coincided with the closing of the investigation into the April suicide by gunshot of Ray Easterling, 62, an eight-season NFL safety in the 1970s. The autopsy ...

ATLANTA - Former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling, who helped lead the team's vaunted defence in the 1970s and later filed a high-profile lawsuit against the NFL targeting the league's handling ...