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The 25-year-old Belarusian tennis pro said that while the pair were no longer an item, “my heart is broken.”
In a statement, his family said it “strongly believes and witnessed firsthand, that Chris struggled immensely from CTE.”
Konstantin Koltsov died in Miami, where his partner, Aryna Sabalenka, has been preparing to play in the Miami Open.
The couple looked fairly happy as they attended the face-off between the Canucks and Sharks in Canada.
Matt Petgrave was captured on video initiating a brutal hit that led to Adam Johnson’s death.
The enraging video went viral this week, with Carson Brière—a college hockey player—being suspended alongside two other student athletes at Mercyhurst University.
“If the NHL is serious about reducing head injuries, then eliminating fighting is a bit of a no-brainer.”