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Post by TTX on Apr 10, 2023 6:22:24 GMT -5
Jim Reaper working overtime.
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 10, 2023 7:26:10 GMT -5
USAC driver Justin Owen loses his life in a frightful incident, nine years after surviving a similar one He was 26
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Post by legend on Apr 10, 2023 20:06:49 GMT -5
USAC driver Justin Owen loses his life in a frightful incident, nine years after surviving a similar one He was 26 Didn’t know hm but he lived 10 minutes from me and wrecked on a racetrack 15 minutes from me in the other direction. Sad. RIP
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 11, 2023 11:45:59 GMT -5
Former Nebraska offensive lineman Cole Pensick dies at 32 after single-vehicle crash in Missouri, following five-year stay with Cornhuskers
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 11, 2023 22:37:34 GMT -5
Paul Edwin "Herky" Hinrichs, who was briefly a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball during the 1951 season, passed away at the age of 97. He was born to a family of German descent in Marengo, Iowa, the son of a Lutheran pastor. He attended Concordia College. He was originally signed to the Detroit Tigers organization in 1946, and first played in the West Texas–New Mexico League before going to the Dallas Rangers, the Tigers' Double A team. In 1948, ten minor league players within the Tigers, including Hinrichs, were declared free agents after an investigation by Commissioner Happy Chandler found that the organization was keeping more players in their farm system than they were permitted to. Hinrichs then signed with the New York Yankees, where he played for their Double-A affiliate, the Kansas City Blues. However, his performance was hampered by an injury, and in the 1950 Rule 5 draft, he was drafted by the Boston Red Sox. In four appearances, Hinrichs posted a 21.60 ERA with one strikeout and four walks in 3⅓ innings of work, without recording a decision. In the months after his last Major League appearance on June 21, 1951, he was briefly optioned to the San Francisco Seals before he decided to leave baseball at the end of the year. After his baseball career, Hinrichs followed his father's career and became a Lutheran minister, opening congregations in several U.S. states as well as internationally, before retiring at age 63.
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 11, 2023 22:40:02 GMT -5
Raymond Sawada, a former NHL right-winger, passed away at the age of 38. Sawada was reportedly playing rec-league hockey just outside of his native Vancouver, B.C., when he suffered a cardiac episode. This has been reported by several news websites. Sawada played at Cornell University from 2004–2008, where he was co-captain as a senior. On March 28, 2008, Sawada signed his first professional contract, signing a two-year entry level deal with the Dallas Stars. On February 19, 2009, his 24th birthday, Sawada made his debut for the Dallas Stars against the Edmonton Oilers and scored his first NHL goal. On July 19, 2011, Sawada signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Stars. Unable to gain a full-time spot with the Stars during the 2011–12 season, Sawada was reassigned by Dallas from Texas to fellow AHL outfit, the St. John's IceCaps, as part of an AHL trade on March 2, 2012. After finishing the season out with the IceCaps, and without a contract offer from the Stars, Sawada signed as a free agent to a one-year AHL deal to remain with St. John's on August 9, 2012. The IceCaps did not offer Sawada another contract following the end of the 2012-13 season and he subsequently signed with the Colorado Eagles in the ECHL. After playing eighteen games with the Eagles, in which he scored seven goals and eight assists, Sawada decided to play the rest of the season for Tappara in SM-Liiga, the top tier league in Finland. He helped the team to the SM-Liiga silver medal. Following the completion of the 2013-14 season, Sawada signed with the Belfast Giants in the Elite Ice Hockey League. In September 2015, Sawada signed for the Oji Eagles of Asia League Ice Hockey.
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 11, 2023 22:47:16 GMT -5
Legend from ‘62 Original Mets dies at 93, taking history with him | One of Willie Mays’ best friends Hobie Landrith, the Original Met, has died at 93, according to reports Landrith was the first player chosen by the Mets in the 1961 expansion draft and the starting catcher in their first game. He spent 14 years in the majors, hitting .233 with 34 homers and 203 RBIs. He also played for Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators in his career.
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 11, 2023 22:50:24 GMT -5
Rick Wolff, host of WFAN's "Sports Edge," passes away at age 71 after a brief battle with brain cancer. Wolff came from quite the sports pedigree, as his father, Bob Wolff, spent parts of nine decades in a broadcast booth, including time with the Knicks and Rangers locally, and he is in both the Baseball and Basketball Halls of Fame as a broadcasting award recipient. He was also on the call for national coverage of both Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series and "The Greatest Game Ever Played,” the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Giants and Colts. Rick followed in those footsteps after playing baseball at Harvard and being a 33rd-round pick of the Tigers in 1972. He spent two years in the Tigers’ farm system – and made a memorable brief comeback in 1989 to play three games for the White Sox Class-A affiliate – and then coached at both Pace and Mercy College in the NYC area, as well as serving a stint as the Cleveland Indians’ roving sports psychologist. He turned to broadcasting in the mid-1980s, working for ESPN and MSG before beginning Sports Edge on WFAN in 1998, and he is also the author or co-author of nearly two dozen sports books, many of which touch on the topic his Sunday shows often did: sports parenting
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 13, 2023 5:18:55 GMT -5
Jim Harrick Jr., son of ex-UCLA basketball national champion coach Jim Harrick, dead at 58
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 13, 2023 17:43:39 GMT -5
Two-time world mountain bike champion Dario Acquaroli dies Acquaroli was one of the rising stars in Italy in the 1990s, and beat the likes of Miguel Martinez and Cadel Evans for the U23 world title. He was 48
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