Hockey

Brother of Krysten and Derek Boogaard arrested

Minneapolis ? The brother of former Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers player Derek Boogaard, who died from a drug overdose in May, has been arrested on suspicion of possessing illegal prescription pills on the same night. Online records showed 24-year-old Aaron Boogaard was arrested Wednesday ...

Boogaard died of alcohol, oxycodone

Minneapolis ? The death of Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard was an accident, due to a toxic mix of alcohol and the powerful painkiller oxycodone.The Hennepin County Medical Examiner announced Boogaard’s cause of death Friday, saying it was unclear exactly when the 28-year-old died. Boogaard ...

Boogaard family asks for donations

New York ? The family of Derek Boogaard, the New York Rangers forward who died last week in Minnesota, is asking for donations to be made to Defending the Blue Line in his memory, in lieu of flowers.The Rangers said Tuesday that the family “would like to see Derek’s legacy live on by ...

Derek Boogaard’s brain donated for trauma research

St. Paul, Minn. ? Derek Boogaard’s relatives and fans shed tears Sunday as they remembered the former NHL tough guy as a “teddy bear” who was as generous and kind as he was burly and tough, a somber end to a weekend during which his distraught family agreed to donate his brain to medical ...

Sideline

KU's Clark, Manthe named Academic All-AmericansKansas University juniors Kim Clark and Megan Manthe were named to the 2004 Academic All-America Women's Cross Country/Track and Field Team in the University Division, the College Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA) announced ...