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Basketball player Krysten Boogaard inspired by brother as she aims for Olympics
she wrestles with much more than the typical young athlete: It was a year ago that her older brother, hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard, died at age 28 of an overdose of alcohol and prescription painkillers. More related to this story “I feel like he’s always from Globe and Mail Read more »
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One year later, Boogaard's memory lives on
former teammate who would not be along for the journey. Sunday marked one year since the death of beloved enforcer Derek Boogaard . The 28-year-old lost his life after an accidental overdose of alcohol and painkillers at home in his Minneapolis apartment, from ESPN Read more »
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One Year Later: Remembering Derek Boogaard
year ago, today, we learned of the tragic, and far too early, passing of Derek Boogaard. His death was ruled an accident, and we learned of his struggle with drug addiction. We wrote and mourned extensively over the following days, even attending the memorial from Hockey Wilderness, For Minnesota Wild Fans Read more »
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NYT's hockey series gets Dart Award
NYT’s series on the life and death of hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard won a Dart Award last night (WNYC’s excellent “Living 9/11” documentary also won). John Branch and company’s multimedia report, which was published in December, was an example of the kind from Columbia Journalism Review Read more »
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Junior Seau – Are NFL Players Dying Slow, Gladiatorial Deaths?
shot themselves. Last year, the NYTimes did a Pulitzer-worthy three part series, A Boy Learns To Brawl, on the life of Derek Boogaard, an NHL enforcer for the Rangers, who tragically took his own life at the age of 28 with a combination of painkillers and from The Good Men Project Read more »
