Brain Disease Found in Deceased Ex-NFL Player Sash

Former New York Giants player Tyler Sash had a level of degenerative brain disease similar to that of former NFL player Junior Seau, according to a report Tuesday in The New York Times.

Boston University’s Concussion Legacy Foundation notified Sash’s family last week of the discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in Sash’s brain, the Times reported. CTE can only be confirmed posthumously. Sash died last September at the age of 27 from an accidental overdose of pain medications.

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