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Basketball has a considerably higher ratio of African-Americans than other sports. [4] Other deaths were caused by drug abuse. [5] Included are NBA players, WNBA players, college players, and players in other notable leagues who died before their retirement from basketball. Players who died following the conclusion of their career should not be ...
Gooden pled guilty to an April 2004 charge that he sped away from a traffic stop and an unrelated March 2005 charge of hitting his girlfriend. He was given 45 days in prison for the latter charge but credited for time served. [243] On April 5, 2006, he was re-sentenced to a year and a day in prison for violating his probation by using cocaine ...
The murder of Patrick Dennehy, an American college basketball player for Baylor University, occurred on June 12, 2003, when he was shot by teammate Carlton Dotson. [1] The murder set off a chain of events which led to a broader scandal in which Baylor's basketball program was investigated and punished for numerous infractions by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A University of Mobile men’s basketball player has died, News 5 has learned. Kaiden Francis, a freshman student-athlete from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, collapsed on campus ...
Former University of Denver basketball player Coban Porter, the younger brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for killing a 42-year-old ...
Drew Gordon, a former NBA forward for the Philadelphia 76ers and the older brother of the Denver Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon, has died at age 33. The Nuggets’ official X account paid tribute to ...
Jayson Williams (born February 22, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 11 seasons, primarily with the New Jersey Nets. He played his first three seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, who acquired him in trade with the Phoenix Suns following the 1990 NBA draft.
NBA player and former Michigan State basketball star Adreian Payne was shot and killed on Monday, May 9, 2022. He was 31. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed in an auto ...