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 his knowledge, Garrett Uekman’s condition, called cardiomyopathy, was not previously detected.…
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 both runners were taken to Hahnemann University Hospital where they were…
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 did read a statement from Chief Gregory Grayson. Read More… -Fox…
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 listed as “an acute cardiac event.” Read More… -Associated Press
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 club team, when he collapsed without any warning. Read More… -Associated…
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 club Espanyol, died on Saturday. He was 26. He had trained…
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 the alarm when she found him in the hallway of his…
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 away now, he could live a long life. Mobley, 33, announced…