Photos: Top national sports stories of 2012
Seau suicide
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Twelve-time NFL Pro Bowl linebacker Junior Seau was found dead in his California home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on May 2. The death was ruled a suicide and fueled speculation as to whether Seau had become a victim of too much head trauma stemming from his playing career.
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