DEATH OF FOOTBALL PLAYER HARDY RULED SUICIDE

The death of former Indiana football star and NFL draft pick

James Hardy has been ruled a suicide. The Allen County (Ind.) coroner’s office said in a news release Wednesday that Hardy died of asphyxia due to drowning and that the manner of his death was a suicide. The 31-year-old Fort Wayne native’s body was found June 7 at the Hosey Dam in Fort Wayne. Hardy’s mother reported him missing May 30.