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Soccer writer Grant Wahl, who died at World Cup, suffered aneurysm
Richard Sellers/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- American soccer writer Grant Wahl died of an undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium while attending the Netherlands-Argentina match last we...
Dec 14, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 12/13/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Tuesday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 123, Sacramento 103 Milwaukee 128, Golden State 111 Houston 111, Phoenix 97 Utah 121,...
Dec 14, 2022
Mississippi State college football coach Mike Leach dies after heart attack
Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach has died following a heart attack on Sunday. Leach was 61 years old. The school announced Leach's death Tues...
Dec 13, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 12/12/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Monday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Brooklyn 112, Washington 100 Miami 87, Indiana 82 Memphis 128, Atlanta 103 San Antonio 112, Clevela...
Dec 13, 2022
Sports reporter Grant Wahl's body transported back to US after death during World Cup in Qatar
Richard Sellers/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl's body has been returned to the U.S., following his unexpected death last week while covering the World Cup in Qatar, accor...
Dec 12, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 12/11/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Sunday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New Orleans 129, Phoenix 124 (OT) LA Lakers 124, Detroit 117 New York 112, Sacramento 99 Philadelph...
Dec 12, 2022
American soccer writer Grant Wahl dies at World Cup
Richard Sellers/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl died at 49 in Qatar early Saturday while covering the World Cup, U.S. Soccer said in a statement. "The entire U.S. soccer fa...
Dec 10, 2022
How basketball stars rallied for Brittney Griner during her detention in Russia
Christian Petersen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver celebrated the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian custody on Thursday and thanked the athletes who used their p...
Dec 09, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 12/8/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Thursday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Miami 115, LA Clippers 110 San Antonio 118, Houston 109 Denver 121, Portland 120 NATIONAL HOCKEY ...
Dec 09, 2022
How basketball stars rallied for Brittney Griner during her detention in Russia
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver celebrated the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian custody on Thursday and thanked the athletes wh...
Dec 08, 2022