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Rice sophomore guard Jonathan Bailey was stabbed to death early Thursday outside a bar in College Station, Texas, police and schools officials said.

Bailey and his twin brother, Janson, were involved in a fight inside the bar, about 100 miles northwest of Houston. … Read full obituary

Former New England Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley, paralyzed following a vicious hit during a pre-season game in 1978, died Thursday. He was 55. … Read full obituary

RUSTON [LA] — Eddie Robinson, who sent more than 200 players to the NFL and won 408 games during a 57-year career, has died. He was 88. … Read full obituary

March 27, 2007 — Jerry Girard, a sports broadcaster for WPIX-TV in New York from 1974 to 1995, died Sunday in Hawthorne, N.Y. He was 74. … Read full obituary

MINNEAPOLIS — Hall of Fame broadcaster Herb Carneal, whose fluid and smooth baritone narrated Minnesota Twins games for the past 45 seasons, died Sunday morning of congestive heart failure, the club said. He was 83. … Read full obituary

Billy Martin Sr., head of one of the most influential wrestling families in America, died this afternoon of heart failure at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He was 89. … Read full obituary

Ed Bailey, an All-Star catcher with the Cincinnati Reds in the 1950s, died Friday. He was 75. … Read full obituary

The University of North Carolina student who served as the mascot for the men’s basketball team has died.

Steve Kirscher, UNC’s associate athletics director for communications, said Jason Ray, 21, died at 8:38 a.m. Monday. Ray was struck near his hotel in Fort Lee, New Jersey on Friday. … Read full obituary

Damian McDonald, 34, was killed when his Mazda sedan was involved in Friday’s fatal crash in the Burnley Tunnel. … Read full story

Jamaican police are now saying Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was murdered, with post-mortem results showing he died from asphyxiation due to strangulation. … Read full story

Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died in hospital today after he was found unconscious on the floor of his World Cup hotel room. He was 58. … Read full story

Wilford “Crazy Ray” Jones, the boisterous Dallas Cowboys fan who energized crowds for decades with his cowboy getup and sideline cheerleading, died Saturday. He was 76. … Read full obituary

Went to prison murdering wife’s lover.

March 16, 2007 — BUFFALO … Kuhn died last night at 80 years of age, and you have to think he probably cringed at what passed for the first paragraph of his obituary, that he “lorded over baseball during 15 tumultuous years that saw players gain free agency and start the spiral of multimillion-dollar salaries.” … Read full story

Ernie Ladd, a talented football player who made his name nationally as a wrestler, died overnight, according to family members. … Read full obituary

AUSTIN, Texas — Dennis Johnson, the star NBA guard who was part of three championships and teamed with Larry Bird on one of the great postseason plays, died Thursday, collapsing after his developmental team’s practice. He was 52. …

… The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner’s fight for survival was their fight, a symbol of strength, courage and comfort — and, more than anything else, a source of inspiration.

He was, after all, winner of the world’s most famous race, in a sport desperate for a superstar. For months he seemed, remarkably, to take everything that came at him: good and bad. … Read full obituary

The 45-year-old was found dead Friday morning by his girlfriend at her home in Hudson, Fla. He was awaiting trial for his role in the DWI crash, for which he was facing potential prison time. … Read full obituary

It is with great sadness that the Cincinnati Reds announce the death of former pitching coach Vern Ruhle, who died at 11 p.m. last night at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston of complications from a donor stem cell transplant for the treatment of multiple myeloma. … Read full obituary

January 17, 2007 — Benny Parsons, a popular champion auto racer who became a home-spun analyst for Nascar’s nationally televised races, died yesterday in Charlotte, N.C. He was 65 and lived in Ellerbe, N.C. … Read full obituary

Foul play probably was not a factor in the death of Southern California kicker Mario Danelo, whose body was found about 120 feet down a rocky cliff, police said today. … Read full obituary

Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting early Monday, his limousine sprayed with bullets in downtown Denver. … Read full story

HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Brown, an All-Star third baseman who played six seasons in the majors in the 1980s, died Tuesday, nearly a month after he was burned in a fire at his home outside Houston. He was 45. … Read full obituary

Lamar Hunt, the Kansas City Chiefs’ owner who was a founder of the American Football League and one of the leaders of the AFL-NFL merger, has died. … Read full obituary

Former San Francisco Giants shortstop Jose Uribe was killed early Friday in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic.

The Dominican National Police said the 47-year-old Uribe’s sport utility vehicle crashed about 3 a.m. on a highway about 30 miles west of the capital, Santo Domingo. … Read full obituary