BOSTON -- The Concussion Legacy Foundation says former NFL defensive end Bubba Smith was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy by researchers after his death. Smith died in 2011 at 66 of ...

Bubba Smith, an All-Pro defensive end who played most of his nine-year NFL career with the Baltimore Colts, winning a Super Bowl championship with them before switching occupations to become an actor, ...

Former NFL defensive star Bubba Smith, who found a successful second career as an actor, died Wednesday in Los Angeles at age 66. Los Angeles County coroner's spokesman Ed Winter said Mr. Smith was ...