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 ...

Former running back Lawrence Phillips plans to use the money he receives as part of the NFL's concussion settlement with retired players to fund his legal defense against first-degree murder charges, ...

*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 ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Former running back Lawrence Phillips has been charged with murder in the death of his cellmate at a California prison. Phillips is suspected of killing 37-year-old Damion ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Central California prison, officials said Monday. Phillips' cellmate at Kern Valley State Prison ...

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.

*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) – California prison officials say former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips has been found dead in his prison cell, and they suspect suicide. Officials say guards at Kern ...