Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – College Football Hall of Famer Pat Dye, who took over a downtrodden Auburn football program in 1981 and turned it into a Southeastern Conference power, died […]
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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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Former Chief McDaniels dead at 52
Former Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Pellom McDaniels III passed away in Atlanta, Georgia over the weekend. He was just 52 years old. A graduate of Oregon State University, McDaniels […]
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 ReadingBeloved Tigers star, Hall of Famer Al Kaline dies at 85
DETROIT (AP) — Fresh off the train and only 18 years old, Al Kaline ran into an immediate roadblock trying to join the Detroit Tigers. Called up to the majors, […]
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Ex-NFL kicker, Saints hero Tom Dempsey dies at 73
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tom Dempsey, the kicker born without toes on his kicking foot who made a then-record 63-yard field goal, died late Saturday while struggling with complications from […]
Continue ReadingPro Football Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell dies at 84
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bobby Mitchell, the speedy Hall of Famer who became the Washington Redskins’ first black player, has died. He was 84. Mitchell split his career with the Cleveland Browns and […]
Continue ReadingFormer NBA Commissioner David Stern dies at 77
NEW YORK (AP) — David Stern had basketball as a passion and law as a profession, one he figured he could return to if a job at the NBA didn’t […]
Continue ReadingHayden Fry, Texan who turned around Iowa, dies at 90
DALLAS (AP) – Hayden Fry, the Texan who revived Iowa football and became a Hawkeye State institution over two decades as a Big Ten coach, has died. He was 90. […]
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 […]
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