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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....

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...

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....

The Man Born Without A Right Leg Is America's Best 125-Pound Wrestler

Your morning roundup for March 20, the day Haitian frustrations still have a Fugee in hand pain....

Wait, Maybe Running With Bulls Isn't Such A Great Idea?

A 27-year-old Spaniard (not pictured) was gored to death, when a 1,130-pound bull (that's him there) broke loose from the Pamplona pack and went understandably crazy. It's the first goring death at the famous bull run in 14 years....

Mark Fidrych Found Dead On His Farm

What the hell is going on today? First Marilyn Chambers, then Harry Kalas, and now former Tiger Mark "The Bird" Fidrych have all passed in away in the span of about 24 hours....