NEW YORK -- Dennis Byrd was an inspiration for far more than anything he ever accomplished on a football field. He was able to walk again. And with each step he took toward recovery from paralysis ...

Angela Byrd knew something was terribly wrong when she saw her husband wasn’t moving. Dennis Byrd had swooped in from one side and Scott Mersereau from the other, and the two defensive linemen closed ...

Some of Dennis Byrd's former New York Jets teammates believe he may have suffered from CTE, and at least two of them have suggested to his widow that she donate his brain to the Boston University ...

Dennis Byrd, a former New York Jets defensive end whose career was cut short in 1992 because of a broken neck, was killed in a head-on vehicle collision Saturday near his home in Oklahoma, the ...