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Barbara Warren, Winner of Endurance Competitions, Dies at 65

Ms. Warren was a champion endurance athlete in the over-60 age group, who crashed during the bicycling portion of a triathlon three days before her death.

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 9:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Bicycles and Bicycling, Triathlon

Phil Hill, a Racing Legend at Odds With the Sport at Times, Dies at 81

Mr. Hill was one of the greatest of American auto racers, an introspective and cerebral champion who led a celebrated driving career.

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Automobile Racing, Formula One, Hill, Phil

Jabir Herbert Muhammad Dies at 79; Managed Muhammad Ali

Mr. Muhammad became Muhammad Ali’s boxing manager after Ali’s conversion to Islam and negotiated his multimillion-dollar fights.

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Blacks, Boxing, Ali, Muhammad, Nation of Islam

Kevin Duckworth, 44, Former N.B.A. All-Star Center, Is Dead

Duckworth was a two-time National Basketball Association All-Star who played most of his career for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Deaths (Obituaries), National Basketball Assn, Portland Trail Blazers

James Orthwein, 84, N.F.L. Owner, Dies

Mr. Orthwein, an advertising executive and investor, was a former owner of the New England Patriots and played a role in the Rams’ move from Los Angeles to St. Louis.

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 2:36 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), National Football League, New England Patriots, St Louis Rams, Orthwein, James Busch

Gene Upshaw, N.F.L. Union Chief, Dies

Mr. Upshaw, the longtime head of the N.F.L. players association and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was 63.

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:57 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Deaths (Obituaries), National Football League, Upshaw, Gene

Dottie Collins, 84, Star Pitcher of Women’s Baseball League, Dies

Ms. Collins was a star pitcher in women’s professional baseball in the 1940s and later played a major role in preserving the history of the women’s game.

Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 2:41 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Deaths (Obituaries), Women, Baseball Hall of Fame, Collins, Dottie

Peter Coe, 88, Father of Champion, Dies

Mr. Coe was the father of the two-time Olympic champion Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the London 2012 Olympic organizing committee.

Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 10:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Coe, Sebastian

Orville Moody, 74, Winner of the U.S. Open, Dies

Mr. Moody, known as Sarge, emerged from obscurity to win the 1969 United States Open, his only PGA Tour victory.

Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 9:40 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Golf, PGA Tour Inc, United States Open (Golf), Moody, Orville

Skip Caray, 68, Atlanta Braves Voice Known for His Biting Wit, Is Dead

Mr. Caray’s nasal tone and sometimes playful, sometimes sardonic commentary on radio and television made him familiar to baseball fans.

Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 1:06 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Deaths (Obituaries), Atlanta Braves, Television, Atlanta (Ga), Radio, Caray, Skip

Dr. Daniel Bukantz, 90, a Champion Fencer, Dies

Dr. Bukantz was a national champion and Olympic fencer and a longtime Olympic fencing referee while pursuing a career in dentistry.

Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Olympic Games, Fencing (Sport), Officiating (Sports), Bukantz, Daniel, Fencers Club of New York

Daniel Bukantz, Champion Fencer, Dies at 90

Dr. Bukantz was a national champion and Olympic fencer and a longtime Olympic fencing referee while pursuing a career in dentistry.

Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 5:04 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Fencing (Sport), Bukantz, Daniel

Jerome Holtzman, 82, ‘Dean’ of Sportswriters, Dies

The Chicago sportswriter and columnist and the author of “No Cheering in the Press Box” was a venerated presence in press boxes around the country.

Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:08 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Major League Baseball, California, Baseball Hall of Fame, Chicago (Ill), Writing and Writers, Sporting News, Holtzman, Jerome, Chicago Baseball Museum, No Cheering in the Press Box (Book)

Triathlete Autopsy Reveals No Cause for a Death

An autopsy performed on the body of the man who died during the New York City Triathlon on Sunday was inconclusive, city officials said on Monday.

Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:03 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Triathlon, New York City Triathlon, Seventy-Ninth Street Boat Basin (Manhattan), Hudson River

Sherman L. Maxwell, 100, Sportscaster and Writer, Dies

Mr. Maxwell was a chronicler of Negro league baseball and, some believe, the first black sports broadcaster.

Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 10:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Deaths (Obituaries), Athletics and Sports, Blacks, Negro League, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

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