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Researcher Says Aaron Hernandez's Brain Showed Signs Of Severe CTE

Hernandez enjoyed a brilliant career on the football field and displayed a remarkable self-destructive streak off the field.

The Boston researcher who examined the brain of former football star Aaron Hernandez says it showed the most damage her team had seen in an athlete so young.

Hernandez, whose on-field performance for the New England Patriots earned him a $40 million contract in 2012, in a prison cell

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