Former NFL star Aldon Smith’s brain to be donated for CTE research after death at 36 (opens in new tab)

Player died suddenly after charity work on SaturdayOff-field incidents, suspensions affected his career49ers statement: ‘His smile lit up every room’The family of is donating the player’s brain to the Boston University CTE Center to research the effects of repetitive brain injuries. on Saturday, hours after delivering pizzas to a homeless charity in the San Francisco Bay area. No cause of death was given and Smith’s family has hired attorneys Harry Daniels, Bakari Sellers and Wayne Kendall to...