MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WPVI) -- A Minneapolis federal court has unsealed emails between top National Hockey League executives admitting concussions from fighting could lead to long-term problems. The ...

News that teammate Derek Boogaard's death was ruled an accident due to a mixing of alcohol and the powerful painkiller oxycodone hit the Rangers' Sean Avery pretty hard. The gritty left wing had ...

The tragic death of New York Rangers forward Derek Boogaard shocked the National Hockey League. Now, sports fans are left to wonder: did the violent nature of Boogaard’s game play a role in his demise ...

The Derek Sheely Foundation debuts free football video game mod with simulated concussion symptoms during Brain Injury Awareness Month to help people recognize the dangers of staying on the field with ...

“What if?” As NHL commissioner Gary Bettman spoke about the future of fighting in hockey at an NHL Board of Governors meeting this week, that question kept nagging at me. As in, what if there is in ...

The tale of former Houston Aero Derek Boogaard has taken some sad, depressing turns since we profiled him back in 2004. Back then he was an out-and-out goon, trying to make the NHL through his ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It may be weeks before authorities know exactly how and why New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard died, although foul play was not immediately suspected. The 28-year-old player was ...

NEW YORK -- A former minor league hockey player accused of selling prescription painkillers to an ex-hockey player who died of an accidental overdose pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor drug ...

A former minor league hockey player was arrested on Tuesday on charges he sold painkillers to late New York Rangers’ enforcer Derek Boogaard, who died from an accidental overdose of alcohol and ...

MINNEAPOLIS - It might be weeks before authorities know exactly how and why New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard died, although foul play was not immediately suspected. The 28-year-old player was ...