*Officials are investigating the death of former NFL star Lawrence Phillips, who was found dead in his prison cell. According to TMZ, Philips’ body was discovered at 12:05 a.m. Wednesday when staff ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawrence Phillips, a star running back at Nebraska and first-round NFL draft pick whose pro career quickly unraveled amid disciplinary problems, was found dead in his ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Lawrence Phillips, a star running back at Nebraska and first-round NFL draft pick whose pro career quickly unraveled amid disciplinary problems, was found dead in his California ...

*Lawrence Phillips hanged himself with a bed sheet in his prison cell, according to a final coroner’s report, which also states that when guards found him unresponsive Jan. 13 at California’s Kern ...

The family of former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips will donate his brain to chronic traumatic encephalopathy researchers at Boston University, attorney Dan Chamberlain told USA Today Sports.