QUOTABLE: JON SWARTZ

“A doctor who examined brain matter from former pro wrestler Chris Benoit says the wrestler had ‘shocking’ brain damage that could explain why he killed his family and himself at their suburban Atlanta home in June.

“The tests, conducted by Julian Bailes of the non-profit Sports Legacy Institute, show Benoit’s brain was so severely damaged from multiple concussions and head trauma while wrestling that it was similar to the brain of an Alzheimer’s patient.... Benoit’s brain showed the same kind of damage Bailes and his research team found in four retired NFL players who suffered multiple concussions and later sank into deep depressions and harmed themselves or others.”

Jon Swartz, in USA Today,
September 5, 2007