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Texans Owner Bob McNair Has Died

The Texans announced Friday night that owner Bob McNair has passed away, about a month before what would’ve been his 81st birthday. ...

by Chris Thompson|

|Sat Nov 24 2018

Hall Of Famer Willie McCovey Dies At 80

San Francisco Giants legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey died today in a Bay Area hospital after losing what his former team called a “long battle with many health issues.” He was 80 years old....

by Lauren Theisen|

|Thu Nov 01 2018

Mar Ibarra, Mexican Women's Soccer Pioneer, Found Beaten To Death

Marbella “Mar” Ibarra—one of the foremost promoters of women’s soccer in Mexico—was found dead early Monday morning in El Rosarito, Baja California, according to that state’s attorney general. Her body was found covered in a blanket, and her hands and feet were tied, El Sol de Tijuana reported. She ...

by Lauren Theisen|

|Thu Oct 18 2018

deaths - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights | DeadspinSeahawks And Trail Blazers Owner Paul Allen Dies Of Cancer At 65

Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder who owned the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers, and part of a stake in Seattle Sounders FC, died today from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 65....

by Samer Kalaf|

|Mon Oct 15 2018

Wayde Sims, 20-Year-Old LSU Forward, Shot And Killed Near Southern University Campus

LSU junior forward Wayde Sims was shot near a neighboring university’s campus early Friday morning. The 20-year-old was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries, according to Baton Rouge Police....

by Laura Wagner|

|Fri Sep 28 2018

Martial Arts Legend Kid Yamamoto Dead At 41

The MMA world has lost one of its pioneers, as Japanese combat sports lifer Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto died, a month after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 41 years old....

by Patrick Redford|

|Tue Sep 18 2018

Mike Hogewood Was The ACC

Growing up in North Carolina, there isn’t a whole bunch that precedes college basketball. God (yes, of course). Family (well, depends on the family). But always in that top-three, above friends, work, and health, sits ACC basketball....

by Nick Martin|

|Sat Sep 08 2018

Fancy Dog Tom Brady Is A Bad Dog!

Longtime Vikings trainer Fred Zamberletti died Sunday morning, at the age of 86. Zamberletti served in some capacity within the Vikings organization from 1961 to this year, holding down the job of senior consultant and team historian since 2002. Randy Moss, who started his Hall of Fame career with t...

by Chris Thompson|

|Mon Sep 03 2018

1988 Olympic Gymnastics Champion Yelena Shushunova Dies At 49

Yelena Shushunova, the 1988 Olympic all-around champion, died in St. Petersburg due to complications from pneumonia. She was 49 years old....

by Dvora Meyers|

|Thu Aug 16 2018

Fuck These Motherfuckers

Frothing, militaristic football coaching has always relied on the premise that in order to win, players need to be trained and disciplined to the point of breaking down, so that their temperament and habits can be rebuilt in line with the goals and ambitions of the team. It’s a gnarly, brutal way of...

by Chris Thompson|

|Sat Aug 11 2018

Reports: Circumstances Of Jordan McNair's Death Fit Into Pattern In "Toxic" Maryland Football Program

19-year-old Maryland sophomore Jordan McNair died June 13, two weeks after he was airlifted from an offseason football workout to a local shock trauma center following an on-field collapse. Details of what caused McNair’s collapse and subsequent death were sparse and vague at the time, but a pair of...

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

|Sat Aug 11 2018

Brian Christopher Deserved So Much Better

In the 1980s, when cable television changed the pro wrestling landscape and push truly came to shove in the industry, only one regional promotion survived in anything close to its original form. That was the Tennessee-based USWA, owned by Jerry Jarrett and his longtime top star, Jerry Lawler. With a...

by David Bixenspan|

|Thu Aug 02 2018

Two Americans Among Group Of Cyclists Murdered By ISIS Affiliates In Tajikistan<em></em>

Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin wrote that they were trying to see the world by bike. The couple quit their jobs last summer to begin a transcontinental bicycling odyssey of sorts. Their goal was not to break any records, nor even attempt to encircle the entire globe. “We have neither a firm route ...

by Patrick Redford|

|Wed Aug 01 2018

Nikolai Volkoff, Cold Warrior And American Dreamer, Is Dead

Lots of wrestlers cosplayed as commies during the Cold War. Nikolai Volkoff, who died over the weekend, was way closer to the real thing, and took his act far more seriously, than all the rest. He was 70 years old....

by Dave McKenna|

|Mon Jul 30 2018

18-Year-Old University Of Maine Freshman Football Player Dies After Collapsing During Preseason Workout

Darius Minor, an 18-year-old freshman defensive back on the University of Maine football team, died Tuesday during a preseason workout, per a report on the university’s website:...

by Chris Thompson|

|Wed Jul 25 2018

Masa Saito Was A Great Wrestler And Half Of Pro Wrestling's Most Famous Arrest

Masanori “Masa” Saito, known as Mr. Saito to a generation of American wrestling fans, passed away at the age of 76 last weekend following a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. An Olympic freestyle wrestler in 1964, Saito was a legendarily hard man and among the most universally respected people ...

by David Bixenspan|

|Mon Jul 23 2018

Vikings Offensive Line Coach Tony Sparano Dies Unexpectedly At Age 56

Minnesota Vikings offensive line coach Tony Sparano died suddenly Sunday morning, according to a statement from the Vikings:...

by Chris Thompson|

|Sun Jul 22 2018

Former NHL Goalie Ray Emery Dies In Drowning Incident On Lake Ontario

Former NHL goalie Ray Emery drowned Sunday morning while swimming at Hamilton Harbour at Lake Ontario, according to multiple reports. Emery reportedly never emerged after diving into the water near a friend’s boat, and a search for a missing swimmer became a recovery operation Sunday afternoon....

by Kaleel Weatherly|

|Mon Jul 16 2018

The World's Ugliest Dog Is Dead, Probably Not Of Ugliness<em></em>

Weeks after being crowned the World’s Ugliest Dog, 9-year-old bulldog Zsa Zsa died Tuesday. She was assassinated while delivering a speech at a town hall. No, okay, she passed in her sleep....

by Samer Kalaf|

|Wed Jul 11 2018

Reports: Tyler Honeycutt Died Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound During Overnight Standoff

Former Kings draftee Tyler Honeycutt, who was found dead by Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officers early Saturday morning after an overnight standoff with police, appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to multiple reports....

by Chris Thompson|

|Sun Jul 08 2018

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