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Hall-Of-Fame Boxer Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker Dead At 55 After Being Hit By A Car

Former professional boxing champion Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker was killed last night in Virginia Beach. According to police, Whitaker was crossing a busy intersection around 10 p.m. when a car hit him. He died from his injuries at the scene. He was 55....

by Patrick Redford|

|Mon Jul 15 2019

Jim Bouton Woke Up America

In 1969 and 1970, two books were published that demystified two of the most hidebound American institutions—presidential campaigns and major-league baseball. By and large, both were exercises controlled at their very top by Penis-Americans who were so white that they barely cast a shadow. They were ...

by Charles P. Pierce|

|Fri Jul 12 2019

Former Giants Quarterback Jared Lorenzen Dead At 38

Former New York Giants and Kentucky Wildcats quarterback Jared Lorenzen died Wednesday of multiple health issues. He was 38....

by Samer Kalaf|

|Thu Jul 04 2019

Angels Pitcher Tyler Skaggs Has Died

The Los Angeles Angels announced today that starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs died in Texas this morning. So far no cause of death has been reported. He was 27 years old....

by Tom Ley|

|Mon Jul 01 2019

30th Horse Dies At Santa Anita; Hall Of Fame Trainer Banned From Track

A four-year-old gelding named American Currency was euthanized after sustaining an injury on Santa Anita’s training track on Saturday. It was the first time that a horse died as a result of a training track injury, and the 30th death of the racing season at Santa Anita. It was also the fourth death ...

by Gabe Fernandez|

|Sun Jun 23 2019

deaths - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights | DeadspinGabriele Grunewald, Who Defied Cancer By Racing At The Highest Level, Dies At 32

Former U.S. track and field champion Gabriele Grunewald died yesterday at 32 years old, a decade after she was first diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Despite her diagnosis, Grunewald competed professionally in the middle distances at the highest level for six years after she graduated college i...

by Patrick Redford|

|Wed Jun 12 2019

29th Horse Dies At Santa Anita One Day After Officials Tell Track To Stop Holding Races

A three-year-old filly named Truffalino died Sunday after collapsing suddenly on the turf at Santa Anita. Truffalino, who didn’t suffer any visible limb injuries, is not to be confused with Formal Dude, who sustained a fractured pelvis near the finish line of another race at Santa Anita on Saturday ...

by Patrick Redford|

|Mon Jun 10 2019

Report: Coaches Wasted 25 Minutes Before Calling Paramedics In Heat Stroke Death Of Junior College Football Player

Football coaches at Garden City Community College, a prominent junior college program in Kansas that has played in two of the last three NJCAA championship games, reportedly delayed for 25 minutes before contacting paramedics after finding 19-year-old Braeden Bradforth collapsed outside his dorm las...

by deaths - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights | DeadspinChris Thompson|

|Fri Jun 07 2019

Le Anne Schreiber Could See It All Coming

There is no other way to say it: Le Anne Schreiber was a titan of journalism....

by Megan Greenwell|

|Wed Jun 05 2019

Spanish Soccer Icon José Antonio Reyes Killed In Car Crash

Jose Antonio Reyes, former Sevilla, Atlético Madrid and Arsenal winger died in a car crash on Saturday. Sevilla, Reyes’s boyhood club, confirmed the news of his passing. He was 35....

by Gabe Fernandez|

|Mon Jun 03 2019

Colorado Attorney Becomes The 11th Person To Die On Mt. Everest In 10 Days

Boulder attorney, Christopher Kulish, added to one of the deadliest climbing seasons in Mt. Everest history, becoming the 11th person to die on the mountain in 10 days. A news release from his brother said Kulish died early Monday morning on his way back down the mountain after reaching the summit e...

by Gabe Fernandez|

|Mon May 27 2019

Green Bay Packers legend, five-time NFL champion, two-time Super Bowl champion, the first-ever Super Bowl MVP, Pro Football Hall of Famer and the man behind the most famous touchdown from the Ice Bowl Bart Starr died Sunday, at the age of 85 in Birmingham, Alabama. [AP News]...

by Gabe Fernandez|

|Sun May 26 2019

Auburn Radio Voice Rod Bramblett Dies From Injuries Sustained In Car Accident

Rod Bramblett, the prominent voice of Auburn sports for the last 16 years, and his wife Paula died from injuries sustained during a car crash on Saturday. They were 52 and 53 years old, respectively....

by Gabe Fernandez|

|Sun May 26 2019

Colombian Soccer Player Found Dead Days After Family Reported Her Missing

Leidy Asprilla, a 22-year-old soccer player who had represented Colombia in youth international tournaments, was found dead off the side of a road yesterday. Her family reported her missing on Sunday after Asprilla left home to pick up a teammate for a training session but never arrived....

by Billy Haisley|

|Thu May 23 2019

Soccer Referee Dies After Suffering Heart Attack During A Match In Bolivia

Víctor Hugo Hurtado was refereeing Sunday’s Bolivian first division match between Always Ready and Oriente Petrolero when he collapsed on the pitch midgame due to a reported heart attack. Stadium support staff took Hurtado to a local hospital, where the 31-year-old suffered another heart attack and ...

by deaths - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights | DeadspinBilly Haisley|

|Mon May 20 2019

Former WWE Wrestler Ashley Massaro Dead At 39

WWE announced Thursday evening the death of former WWE performer Ashley Massaro, who wrestled for the company for three years after winning a 2005 “Raw Diva Search.” Massaro competed for the WWE Women’s Championship at Wrestlemania 23 back in 2007, and recently appeared to be gearing up for a return...

by Chris Thompson|

|Fri May 17 2019

Attorney In Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Tiger Woods Claims His Restaurant's Management Deleted Video Evidence

The family of Nicholas Immesberger filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Florida court yesterday against Tiger Woods, his girlfriend Erica Herman, and Woods’s restaurant The Woods Jupiter, where Herman is a manager, alleging that the staff overserved Immesberger the night he died in a car crash in Decem...

by Patrick Redford|

|Tue May 14 2019

Boston Celtics legend, eight-time NBA champion, Finals MVP, 11-time All-NBA honoree, and basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek died Thursday, at the age of 79. [@SliceOfSully | Boston Globe]...

by Chris Thompson|

|Fri Apr 26 2019

Former UFC Fighter Rodrigo De Lima Killed Following Altercation With Rideshare Driver

Former UFC fighter Rodrigo de Lima was killed Sunday in a fatal Uber incident that somehow does not involve the company’s new self-driving brigade. According to reports, de Lima had an argument and “altercation” with Uber driver Jefferson Roger Maciel Barata, which ended with de Lima leaving Barata’...

by Chris Thompson|

|Mon Apr 22 2019

Climbing World Mourns After Three Of The World's Top Alpinists Die In Avalanche

After a four-day search, Parks Canada announced Sunday that they had recovered the bodies of climbers Jess Roskelley, Hansjörg Auer, and David Lama from the aftermath of an avalanche....

by Patrick Redford|

|Mon Apr 22 2019

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