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Former Chargers Safety Commits Suicide

Paul Oliver, a former NFL safety who played the majority of his career with the San Diego Chargers, killed himself at the age of 29....

Cincinnati Bearcats Lineman Killed In Car Accident

A car accident last night claimed the life of Cincinnati Bearcats lineman Ben Flick while leaving two of his teammates injured....

Tommy Morrison's Immediate Cause Of Death: Cardiac Arrest

According to the death certificate of Tommy Morrison, the 44-year-old boxer who tested positive for HIV in 1996 died of cardiac arrest on Sunday....

Tommy Morrison, dead at 44: The former heavyweight boxer who played a role in Rocky V died. He tested positive for HIV in 1996. The cause of death has not been released. [AP]...

[UPDATE] Siragusa Forced To Sell Restaurant License After Drunk Patrons Die

UPDATE: In the official press release regarding the matter, Siragusa is not listed as an owner of this specific Tiffany's. The owners are Bruno D'Uva Sr., Bruno D'Uva Jr., and Lisa Barna....

Dean Meminger, dead at 65: Meminger's Game 7 performance in the 1973 Eastern Conference Finals got the Knicks into the Finals, where they beat the Lakers in five games. [NYT]...

DeAntre Turman, a high school football player from Georgia, collapsed during a scrimmage Friday night and died. He was 16 years old. The cause of death is still unknown....

NBA Efficiency Rating Inventor Kills Self, Explains Via Website

Martin Manley, the former Kansas City Star contributor whose insight into sports made him a key component of that paper's sports section, committed suicide yesterday—and left a sprawling website to explain why....

Former Auburn basketball player Korvotney Barber has been found dead in Panama City Beach. Police believe the cause of death was drowning....

Supposedly Dead MMA Fighter Robs Gun Store From Beyond The Grave

Today in great ledes, this one courtesy of the Associated Press: ...

Report: Former Major Leaguer Ryan Freel Commits Suicide At Age 36 [Update]

Former utility player Ryan Freel, who broke into the majors with Toronto in 2001 and played the majority of his eight-year career with the Cincinnati Reds, committed suicide today. First Coast News in Jacksonville has the first report:...

This Week's Signs Of The Apocalypse

For nearly two decades, Sports Illustrated has stirred the tea leaves to discern a weekly Sign of the Apocalypse. Deadspin salutes the magazine's ongoing effort to cover the end of times but declines to cede the scoop on the biggest event in world history....

Report: Former Cleveland Browns Owner Art Modell Is Gravely Ill [UPDATE]

Sad news out of Baltimore tonight as Jim Donovan of WKYC in Cleveland is reporting that Art Modell, the former Browns owner who became infamous for moving the franchise to Baltimore after the 1995 season, is in a Baltimore-area hospital and that his "vital organs are failing."...

Russian Powerlifter Drops 400 Pounds On His Chest, Reportedly Dies

Be warned: What happened to poor Igor Golushkin in the video above is not for the squeamish. These details are unconfirmed, but according to this report by Red Hot Russia, Golushkin was trying to bench press 185 kg (approximately 408 pounds) when the bar fell on his chest, tearing his diaphragm an...

German Track And Field Official Dies After Being Struck In The Throat With A Javelin

That's according to the BBC, which said the official was a 74-year-old man who died after being rushed to the hospital Sunday:...

Columbus Crew Midfielder Kirk Urso Is Dead At 22

Columbus Crew midfielder Kirk Urso is dead, according to a press release from the MLS team. There's no cause announced, and we'll be sure to update as soon as we hear anything else....

"That's What Friends Are For": A Tribute To Jack Twyman

If the Jack Twyman story were simply about basketball, it would be extraordinary enough: a six-time all-star in 11 NBA seasons. A Hall of Famer who was the first NBA player to average 30 points per game for an entire season, who retired in 1966 as the league's second all-time leading scorer. A broad...

Welsh Rugby Out To Kill All Kinds Of Popes, Not Just The Catholic Ones

This story is strange on a number of levels. In 2008, two Welsh doctors discovered that going back to 1883, five roman Catholic Popes had died whenever Wales rugby won the Grand Slam. The Grand Slam, of course, is when one team in the annual Six Nations Championship beats all the other teams in a g...

The Death Of A Former Football Player At An Underground Fight In A Church Has, Somehow, Resulted In A Lawsuit

The church along the Broken Arrow Expressway in Tulsa is of the Christian-capitalist mega-variety. You know the deal: rock shows, slick website, a gift shop, deadly unsanctioned boxing fights. One such fight on Sept. 21, 2011, allegedly resulted in the death of George Clinkscale, who played lineback...

Stanford Overcomes 99-Point Deficit To Beat UCLA By 26

Your morning roundup for Oct. 2, the day we mull parole eligibility for cannibal ladies. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....