[TS] Sports of The Times: âBlue Mothâ Guides Father Coping With Loss of a Son
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Bill and Nicki Hancock, after a plane crash took their son Will as he traveled with the Oklahoma State basketball team in 2001, are coping with their loss by taking a cross-country trip.
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When Brian Cashman was an assistant general manager for the Yankees, one of his roommates was Timmy Coughlin, son of Tom Coughlin, the Giantsâ coach.
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Debbie and Frank Vana Sr. have followed their son over countless fairways in numerous tournaments, but yesterday was something &quot;very special.&quot;
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NEW ORLEANS - Jim Mora watched his father endure the agony of resigning as head coach of the New Orleans Saints eight years ago. Today at the Louisiana Superdome, Mora knows many fans will boo his longtime
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As Joe Girardi prepares to embark on a new beginning as the Yankeesâ manager, he is not sure when or if he will see his ailing father again.
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In the world of sports, when a great feat is accomplished, sometimes it takes a while for everything to set in and for people to gain a full appreciation for what just transpired.
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Less than two years ago, Roy Velez got the worst news a father could get: His oldest son was dead, killed during combat in Iraq.
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With Father's Day being celebrated in a host of countries this Sunday, Reuters asked a few celebrities from the entertainment and sporting worlds to tell us the best advice their dads ever gave them:
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Try to forget the basketball brawl and this year's other disturbing moments in sports. It's time to say thanks to some of the people who have made sports a better place.
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A good man is hurting today and thereâs probably nothing that any of us can do for him. No amount of kind words and no amount of encouragement can serve as novocaine enough to dull the pain that Ron Zook is feeling.
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A man whose family has been hit by tragedy speaks of how he and his brother tried to save their brother's life.
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By George Sipple, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 13--Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios spent last Friday night the same way so many other parents start their weekends: He watched one of his sons participate in a sporting event.
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LeBron James had a good reason for missing practice Wednesday. He became a father.
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NEW YORK -- How does Daddy tell his kids why he's crying? ``Well, my first goal is to explain it to them," Andre Agassi is saying after the fall that landed him among the unemployed. ``It was pretty upsetting to them to see me cry because, I suppose, they don't realize that dads do that."
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It would have been easy to dedicate this one to &quot;Maw&quot; - the 78-year-old grandmother Ryan Franklin lost last week. He could have said it was for his son, splayed across his father&#39;s lap after the game.
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While looking for a right fielder to replace Magglio Ordonez, White Sox general manager Kenny Williams actually found a valuable lesson to share with one of his sons and
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SEATTLE -- As a father and a player, Trot Nixon will be struck by conflicting emotions as the Red Sox face the Mariners tonight on the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. As a father, Nixon will phone home his birthday wishes to his son, Chase , who was born the day of the attacks, while ...