Eddie Sutton, Hall of Fame basketball coach, dies at 84
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – Eddie Sutton waited so long to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He couldn’t hang on long enough to make it to […]
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Jerry Sloan, coaching great of Jazz glory days, dies at 78
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Jerry Sloan walked up the steps to the stage at the Basketball Hall of Fame to give his enshrinement speech in 2009, almost as if […]
Continue ReadingMike Curtis, fierce linebacker for Colts, dies at 77
BALTIMORE (AP) — Mike Curtis, a hard-hitting, no-nonsense linebacker who helped the Colts win a Super Bowl during a 14-year NFL career spent predominantly in Baltimore, has died. He was […]
Continue ReadingHall of Fame DE Doleman dies at age 58
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Chris Doleman was clinging to his preferred position of outside linebacker, struggling through his second NFL season with the Minnesota Vikings. The team’s vision for his 6-foot-5 […]
Continue ReadingKobe Bryant left deep legacy in LA sports, basketball world
LOS ANGELES (AP) Kobe Bryant inspired a generation of basketball players worldwide with sublime skills and an unquenchable competitive fire. He earned Los Angeles’ eternal adoration during his two decades […]
Continue ReadingLongtime Cardinals owner William V. Bidwill dies at 88
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — He owned one of the oldest franchises in professional football and rarely talked about it. William V. “Bill″ Bidwill would much rather tell stories about growing […]
Continue ReadingFormer Chiefs coach dead at 72
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gunther Cunningham’s life would have been vastly different had his family not emigrated from postwar Germany, settling in California when he was a young boy. […]
Continue ReadingFrank Robinson, baseball’s fearsome trailblazer, dies at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame. His legacy, however, was cemented that day in 1975 when he […]
Continue ReadingArea foundation announces scholarship in honor of late Holiday Hoops announcer Doug Harper
Family and friends along with The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri today announced the establishment of the Doug Harper Memorial Scholarship to graduating seniors beginning with this academic school year. […]
Continue ReadingPaul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft and owner of Seahawks, dead at 65
SEATTLE (AP) – Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates and became a billionaire philanthropist who invested in conservation, space travel and professional sports, died Monday. […]
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