Doctors: Raiders great Stabler had Stage 3 CTE

Ken Stabler was found to have CTE.Last July, former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler passed away due to complications with colon cancer at the age of 69. On Wednesday morning, the New York Times announced that doctors in Massachusetts discovered high Stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in Stabler's brain after his death.

“He had moderately severe disease,” said Dr. Ann McKee, the chief of neuropathology at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System and a professor of neurology and pathology at Boston University School of Medicine who conducted the examination. “Pretty classic. It may be surprising since he was a quarterback, but certainly the lesions were widespread, and they were…