Earl Lloyd, the first black man to play in the NBA, has passed away at the age of 86. Yahoo wrote a very nice profile of Lloyd in 2009. [WXYZ] Read more
Former Trail Blazer (and Warrior, Laker, Supersonic, Spur, and Buck) Jerome Kersey passed away in Portland today, The…
Roy Tarpley, the talented Dallas Mavericks power forward who flamed out of the NBA due to substance abuse issues,…
Sy Berger, who worked for Topps for 50 years and designed the first "modern" baseball card in 1952, died over the weekend. The New York Times has a nice obituary of him, which also serves as an interesting look at the history of baseball cards. [New York Times] Read more
Auburn redshirt freshman Jakell Mitchell was shot and killed at the Tiger Lodge complex near the university Sunday…
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Australian pro cricket player Phil Hughes is dead, days after suffering a severe head injury due to being struck…
Former major league pitcher Brad Halsey died in rural New Braunfels, Texas last Friday under somewhat mysterious…
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St. Louis Cardinals outfield prospect Oscar Taveras was reportedly killed in a car crash while driving to Puerto…
South Africa national team captain and Orlando Pirates keeper Senzo Meyiwa was reportedly shot and killed in…
University of Cincinnati redshirt freshman running back Chamoda Kennedy-Palmore was killed Thursday afternoon in a…
Former Titans kicker Rob Bironas was killed in a single-car crash less than a mile away from his home in Nashville,…
Esteemed actor, director, producer, and all-around hero Richard Attenborough has passed away—according to his son…
Kent State starting center Jason Bitsko, 21 years old, died earlier today. He was found unresponsive in bed after…
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As news of actor Robin Williams's death spread Monday night, Conan O'Brien was wrapping up his show, which would air…
Police have released blood toxicology reports from the car crash that killed former Auburn tight end Philip…
Former Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen has reportedly died in an auto accident early Sunday morning. He was 23.
Two women, a 19-year-old and a 42-year-old, have been found hanging from trees in Uttar Pradesh in the past two…
Don Zimmer, a presence in MLB who had most recently served as a baseball advisor for the Tampa Bay Rays, has died.…
Men's college basketball coach Don Meyer died at his South Dakota home today. Though he never coached at any big-name universities, Meyer accrued 923 wins in his career, the sixth-most victories in the sport's history. He had battled cancer for the last six years. Meyer was 69.