First female to ride in Kentucky Derby, Diane Crump, dead at 77
WASHINGTON — Diane Crump, who in 1969 became the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race and a ...
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Eagles legend Billy Ray Barnes dead at 90
Eagles legend Billy Ray Barnes died at the age of 90 on Wednesday, the team announced Friday night. Barnes died ...
Former Seattle Mariners first round pick Mike Campbell dead at 61
Former Seattle Mariners first-round draft pick Mike Campbell died, the team announced. He was 61. Campbell, who pitched in 51 ...
Roy Kramer, former SEC commish and father of BCS, dead at 96
Pretty much every debate over who should play for the national title, every argument about the staggering amounts of money, ...
Sugar Ray Richardson managed to keep his light even when darkness threatened it
Let’s start with the words of a man named Earvin Johnson, known to the world as “Magic,” who, when he ...
Lenny Wilkens, ex-Knicks coach and legendary NBA player, dead at 88
Lenny Wilkens, the Hall of Fame coach and player who once manned the sidelines for the Knicks, died Sunday. He ...
Lorinda de Roulet, baseball pioneer and former Mets president, dead at 95
Lorinda de Roulet, the first woman to oversee day-to-day operations of a major league team when she chaired the Mets ...
Victor Conte, BALCO mastermind behind MLB and track steroids scandal, dead at 75
Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes including baseball stars Barry Bonds, ...
Harry Donahue, Philadelphia sports radio legend, dead at 77
A Philadelphia sports radio staple died at 77 following a battle with cancer. Harry Donahue, a longtime sports and morning ...
Motorcyclist Jorge Brandao dead in Moroccan Rally crash
Portuguese motorcyclist Jorge Brandao died Friday after an accident during the Morocco Rally, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme announced in ...
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