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Deaths Of Notable Sports Figures (R.I.P.)

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Former Negro league star, Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin dies at 96

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Monte Irvin, the oldest living former Negro leagues baseball player and a member of the Hall of Fame, died Monday night in Houston at the age of 96.

Irvin played nine seasons with the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League before spending six seasons with the New York Giants and a final season in 1956 with the Cubs. While with the Eagles, he was a teammate of Larry Doby, the first player to break the color barrier in the American League. Irvin was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.

Entire article: http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb-news/4691027-monte-irvin-dies-dead-obituary-negro-leagues-giants

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Lawrence Phillips, imprisoned ex-NFL rusher, dies in suspected suicide

Lawrence Phillips, an imprisoned former NFL running back who was awaiting trial on charges of killing his cellmate last year, died Wednesday morning after being found unresponsive in his prison cell, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

The death of Phillips, 40, is being investigated as a suicide, the department said.

Phillips was a star running back at Nebraska and a first-round pick for the St. Louis Rams in 1996, but lasted in the NFL only three seasons.

He was sent to a California prison in 2008 after being convicted of domestic violence, false imprisonment and vehicle theft charges.

Entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/13/us/lawrence-phillips-dies/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
 
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Lots of folks reporting it I'm sure it will get linked soon. That said he has been my avatar for a long time. I met him on a couple of occasions and he was always a very nice guy to me. I think he had a hard life from what I knew but damn he was as fast twitch and tough as you want. Heart failure and pneumonia is what they are saying which is obviously not normal at 44. Sad to see him go. RIP Kevin
 
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Syracuse legend Pearl Washington loses battle with brain tumor, dies at 52

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One of the most famous players in Big East history, and perhaps the most well-known, beloved Syracuse player ever -- Dwayne "Pearl" Washington -- died on Wednesday, according to his family.

He was 52.

Washington battled a brain tumor since last summer, when he was first diagnosed with the malignant growth. He had the first of multiple surgeries in August, and to help offset his crippling medical costs, a GoFundMe page was started in January. It subsequently raised more than $63,000 to aid Washington in his fight.

Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...gton-loses-battle-with-brain-tumor-dies-at-52

 
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If you are into basketball recruiting (and never heard of this guy) you will find this a very interesting read....

Howard Garfinkel, Who Discovered and Groomed Top Basketball Talent, Dies at 86

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Howard Garfinkel, who changed the landscape of college and professional basketball through an innovative high school scouting service and a celebrated instructional camp that helped groom top young players like Michael Jordan and LeBron James, as well as a roster of now-renowned coaches, died on Saturday in his native Manhattan. He was 86.

The cause was complications of lung cancer, said a spokesman at Mount Sinai West Hospital, where Garfinkel died.

“He helped shape the game of basketball as we know it today,” Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski, a frequent speaker at Garfinkel’s annual Five-Star Basketball Camp in Pennsylvania, told The New York Times in a 2013 interview.

Garfinkel, the son of a Manhattan garment worker, was a modest high school basketball player more than 70 years ago at the now-defunct Barnard High School in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.

“I could shoot a two-handed set shot, but I really had no moves because I didn’t work at it enough,” he told The Times in 2013. “I was more of a schoolyard-type player.”

In time, he made his basketball name as a high school scout — a conduit of information to college coaches in the early years of their battle for schoolboy talent. His typewritten reports on players he covered from West Virginia to Maine in the 1960s and ’70s, long before the arrival of ESPN, email and YouTube, gave coaches everywhere, especially those on the West Coast, an opportunity to widen their geographic recruiting boundaries.

Among the many subscribers who paid $50 a year for his scouting services was John Wooden, the great coach of U.C.L.A. Wooden was inspired by Garfinkel’s notes of praise about a tall, skinny center from Power Memorial Academy in Manhattan named Lew Alcindor, who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Alcindor led Wooden’s teams to three straight N.C.A.A. championships, from 1967 to ’69, and as Abdul-Jabbar, he had a Hall of Fame career in the National Basketball Association.
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Entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/s...ed-top-basketball-talent-dies-at-86.html?_r=0
 
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Gordie might have played the game too long because he was not the same player in the later years of his playing career but as far as being a class act in a hockey uniform Gordie Howe epitomized greatness.
 
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Great man off the ice as well. I believe it's his grandson that lives in Sylvania and Gordie was staying there when he was ill. I actually saw him at the local Lowe's a few months ago and he is still larger than life. He could barely use his voice, but he was gracious whenever someone approached him. RIP Mr. Hockey!
 
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Pat Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach, dies at 64

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Pat Summitt, who built the University of Tennessee's Lady Volunteers into a perennial power on the way to becoming the winningest coach in the history of major college basketball, died Tuesday.

Her death came five years after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. She was 64.

Entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/us/pat-summitt-obit/
 
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Former NFL coach, defensive guru Buddy Ryan dies at age 82

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Former NFL head coach and influential defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan died Tuesday. He was 82.

The always outspoken Ryan, who coached in the NFL for 26 seasons, was known for building some of football's top defenses behind a relentlessness that focused on creating havoc on the field.

His death was confirmed by the Buffalo Bills, who employ twin sons Rex and Rob Ryan. James Solano, Buddy Ryan's agent, said he died in Kentucky but did not give a cause.

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/16579465/former-nfl-coach-defensive-guru-buddy-ryan-dies-age-82

It was announced back in 2011 that Buddy Ryan had cancer.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/03/24/buddy-ryan-diagnosed-with-cancer/

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