Former Florida State center and 7-foot-1 fan favorite Michael Ojo has died at age 27. Ojo, who was in Belgrade playing for the Serbian basketball team Partizan, reportedly collapsed while running during practice on Friday. Eurohoops.net reports that he had a heart attack and...
Stop Sudden Death: Oklahoma State Forward Dies The Oklahoma State basketball program has been rocked by tragedy after their Oklahoma State Forward Dies after collapse. Tyrek Coger, a 21-year-old junior college transfer from Raleigh, N.C., collapsed following a team workout Thursday afternoon. Coger was...
The Oklahoma State basketball program has been rocked by tragedy. Tyrek Coger, a 21-year-old junior college transfer from Raleigh, N.C., collapsed following a team workout Thursdayafternoon. Coger was immediately transported to Stillwater Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:23 p.m. Read more…
A University High School senior died Tuesday after collapsing at a lacrosse practice a day earlier, according to the school’s principal. Read More… -by Joe Williams & Lauren Roth Orlando Sentinal
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A heart condition that likely was undiagnosed killed the University of Arkansas football player who was found unconscious in his dorm room over the weekend, a coroner said Tuesday. Washington County coroner Roger Morris said that to the best of...
PHILADELPHIA – Two runners have died while running the Philadelphia Marathon today. Race organizers confirmed one runner, a 21-year-old Asian male, collapsed at the finish line. Another runner, a 40-year-old white male, collapsed a quarter-mile from the finish line. CBS Station KYW reports that...
A 35-year-old North Carolina firefighter who was running for charity died Sunday after collapsing during the Chicago Marathon. Greensboro Deputy Fire Chief Clarence Hunter said that William Caviness was running to raise money to help burn victims, but Hunter declined to talk further. He...
A Mississippi high school football player who died after collapsing on the field during a game suffered what the Jackson County coroner said was a form of heart failure. Coroner Vicki Broadus said Saturday that Latrell Dunbar of D’Iberville High School suffered what was...
McALLEN, Texas — A South Texas high school basketball player died after collapsing during a timeout at a tournament in Austin, coaches said. Roma High School junior Robert Garza, 16, was playing in the AAU tournament on Saturday with the Hoopsters, a South Texas...
BRUGES, BELGIUM — There is no escape, nor should there be, from the shocking news that the heart of a top sportsman in the prime of his life has ceased beating for no detectable reason. Dani Jarque, the captain of the Spanish first division...
French tennis star Mathieu Montcourt, 24, suffered cardiac arrest when he died Monday, an autopsy has revealed. Montcourt, ranked No. 119 in the world and who reached the second round of the French Open in June, collapsed and died Monday night. His girlfriend raised...
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — New York Knicks guard Cuttino Mobley retired from the NBA on Thursday because of heart disease that he said has gotten worse. Mobley said doctors told him he faced significant risks if he kept playing. The 11-year veteran said by walking...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina A&T State University said a football player died from complications of heat illness on Tuesday. The school said Wednesday that senior Chad Wiley collapsed after a voluntary workout on campus Tuesday. Officials said he was transported to a hospital...
NEW ORLEANS — Shannon Veal stepped to the foul line, steadied herself and sank two free throws. Then she signaled her coach that she needed a breather. Before her coach could replace her, the 17-year-old Louisiana high school star collapsed and died. “It’s the...
Mickey Renaud, captain of the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, died suddenly on Monday. Renaud, a native of Tecumseh, Ont., was 19 years old. Dr. Roy Diklich, the team physician, said in a statement that Renaud “suddenly collapsed at his Tecumseh home and was...
Phil O’Donnell was born and died in the shadow of Fir Park, the home of Motherwell Football Club. It was where he made his name in the professional game. It was where he was enjoying an indian summer to his injury-plagued career before it...
Elite distance runner Ryan Shay, who collapsed and died Saturday during the U.S. men’s marathon Olympic trials, had been diagnosed with an enlarged heart but cleared by doctors, his father said. Read More… -Associated Press
Lemieux, whose oft-interrupted Hall of Fame career has included an uncommon sequence of medical misfortune, was released Thursday from a Pittsburgh hospital after being admitted less than 24 hours before with a rapid heartbeat. Read More… -Allan Robinson The Associated Press
“ESPN looks at Herrion case” by Tom FitzGerald, September 17, 2005 discussed the sudden death of 23 year old Thomas Herrion, 49ers guard, after an exhibition game. Herrion had passed all physical examination tests. His autopsy report revealed death due to HCM. Dr....
DECATUR, Ga. — An autopsy released Tuesday shows Atlanta Hawks center Jason Collier died from a heart-related condition. The state’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Kris Sperry, said testing showed that Collier’s Oct. 15 death was from a sudden heart rhythm disturbance caused by an...
Medical examiners are focusing on the possibility of a heart abnormality in their investigation into the sudden death of 28-year-old Atlanta Hawks center Jason Collier, according to his agent. “They are looking at the heart,” agent Richard Howell told ESPN.com. “They preliminarily see an...
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — FIFA plans to establish a medical research center in response to a series of heart-related deaths on soccer fields around the world, president Sepp Blatter said Wednesday. Blatter’s comments came only two days after 28-year-old Slovene goalkeeper Nedzad Botonjic suddenly collapsed...
LONDON, Dec 11 – FIFA is backing the IOC in its efforts to prevent the sudden death of athletes due to heart failure during competition, world soccer’s governing body said. The IOC (International Olympic Committee) adopted on Friday the so-called “Lausanne Recommendations”, a report...
GENEVA — The IOC wants doctors to better monitor athletes to reduce fatal heart attacks during competition. The IOC medical commission recommended that all athletes under 35 be questioned about their medical and family history. The aim is to diagnose possible abnormalities that could...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Canisius junior forward Richard Jones died suddenly because of a genetically enlarged heart, an Erie County medical examiner determined in an autopsy. The medical examiner’s ruling, which listed “natural causes” as the reason for death, was released by the school at...