Article content. Thirteen years have passed since NHL player Derek Boogaard died of an accidental overdose at age 28, evidently the related consequences of a hockey career spent fighting ...

Aaron Boogaard's voice didn't waver Thursday as he recounted the evening last spring when he arrived home to find his brother, Minnesota Wild hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard, dead in bed. Aaron ...

Derek Boogaard's shocking death came with a great deal of mystery. A 6-foot-7 hockey tough guy, Boogaard was a fan favorite with the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers before he died at age ...

A federal U.S. judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Saskatoon-born Derek Boogaard, who blamed the NHL for their son's brain damage and addiction to prescription ...

Former NHL enforcer Derek Boogaard reportedly failed 14 of 19 drug tests in the last six months of his life and was still allowed to play hockey by doctors who administered his care. This report ...

"I owe it to Derek," Len Boogaard said from his home in Ottawa. "It is the last thing that I can do for him." He has in recent months cooperated with a CBS-TV story on his son, ...

Derek Boogaard of the Minnesota Wild and Wade Belak of the Nashville Predators spar at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul in December 2009. Boogaard’s father is trying to determine whether ...

On the fourth anniversary of enforcer Derek Boogaard’s death, we present this column, which later appeared on SI.com on June 18, 2012, about the troubling issue the tragedy raised.

Derek Boogard couldn't count the number of times he'd gone dark due to blows to the head. Scott A. Schneider/Getty Images Todd Fedoruk, "The Fridge," wanted a piece of Derek [Boogaard]. The puck ...

TORONTO When the Minnesota Wild paid tribute to Derek Boogaard following the NHL enforcer’s death, the four-minute 45-second video showed the six-foot-seven 265-pounder making hits, smiling with ...

Derek Boogaard death prompts arrests 3 years later: report Rangers forward Boogaard dead at 28 Using 16 pages of handwritten notes from Boogaard himself, Branch said he discovered scattered but ...

TORONTO – When the Minnesota Wild paid tribute to Derek Boogaard following the NHL enforcer’s death, the four-minute 45-second video showed the six-foot-seven 265-pounder making hits, smiling ...