Patrick Freel knows mortality all too well. Life, as he learned the hard way, can be gone in an instant. It was three days before Christmas in 2012, when his son Ryan took his own life. As we approach ...

My phone rang at 11:42 p.m. Saturday. It was one of Ryan Freel's former teammates. He was shocked and saddened by the news that Freel had committed suicide on Saturday. He wasn't alone. When I worked ...

Ryan Freel, a former Major League Baseball player who committed suicide last year, was suffering from the degenerative brain disease CTE, his family said Sunday, according to The Florida Times-Union.

Former Cincinnati Reds player Ryan Freel's father is asking for fans to send any baseball cards they have of him in order to preserve his memory. Freel committed suicide in 2012 at the age of 36 years ...

Ryan Freel committed suicide via gun shot last week at age 36 and now his family is hoping that science can provide some answers about a possible link to his numerous concussions as an athlete.

Last December, former major leaguer Ryan Freel committed suicide. Nearly a year later, he has become the first major leaguer diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain ...

When he took his life last year, former major league baseball player Ryan Freel was suffering from CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), the Florida Times-Union reported Sunday. A report from Boston ...