Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II has been denied a reduced prison sentence for the second time, as California courts reject his appeal under new criminal justice reform laws.

38-caliber pistol and shot his wife to death, and then turned the gun on himself -- an act that orphaned four children, stunned the Kansas City and NFL communities ... that CTE is an excuse ...

"Now in hindsight, I understand that he was suffering from the symptoms of CTE due to the repeated trauma his brain and body endured over 11 seasons in the NFL."Szabo said Wycheck loved football ...