Former Tennis Star Björn Borg Reveals He Nearly Died from Drug Addiction in the '90s (Exclusive)

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. In the mid-’90s, Björn Borg awoke in a hospital room with no recollection of how he ended up there. The former men’s tennis World No. 1 was scheduled to play the final of a senior exhibition tournament in the Netherlands when he suddenly collapsed on a bridge while walking with his father Rune to the venue. At a cocktail reception the night before, Borg had relapsed on drugs after struggling with addiction in the '80s. In the morning, he...