Former Phillies coach Vukovich dies
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John Vukovich, the longest-serving coach in Philadelphia Phillies history and a member of their only World Series championship team in 1980, died Thursday. He was 59.
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Bob Dwyer, a basketball coach who guided the Carroll High boys' basketball to a legendary winning streak, died Tuesday night of congestive heart failure. He was 91.
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Lew Burdette, MVP of the 1957 World Series when he pitched the Milwaukee Braves to their only championship, dies in Winter Garden, Fla. He was 80.
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Ken Caminiti, the popular and powerful former National League MVP whose troubled life after baseball included bouts with cocaine and a jail stay, died yesterday at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx.
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Former San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker and current manager Bruce Bochy were among the estimated 200 people who attended the funeral Thursday for former major league pitcher Rod Beck.
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John "Buck" O'Neil, a key figure in Negro Leagues baseball and a ground-breaking coach in the major leagues, has died at the age of 94.
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US players score a poignant win for coach Mike Candrea, whose wife died just before the Athens Games began. By Ailene Voisin -- Bee Sports Columnist.
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Former Red Sox manager Grady Little is among five former major league managers lining up to interview for the vacant manager's job with the Phillies. Former Cleveland Indians skipper Charlie Manuel, who has been serving as a special assistant and advisor with the Phillies, had his turn yesterday as the Phillies look for a replacement for Larry Bowa , who ...
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NAMES Donald Trump wasn't there giving his trademark hand gesture and uttering those famous words yesterday, but the outcome was the same. Larry Bowa , you're fired. Bowa, the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, was canned a day before the end of yet another disappointing year. The Phillies failed to reach the playoffs for the 11th straight season after coming ...
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Three days after his teamâs playoff loss concluded a season marked by the slaying of safety Sean Taylor, the 67-year-old coach stepped down as coach and team president of the Washington Redskins.
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Billy Reay, the winningest coach in Blackhawks history and a two-time Stanley Cup champion as a player, died Thursday at age 86. Reay, who had suffered from cancer
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Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Mark Osowski has died after he was stricken with pancreatitis. He was 41. He died Sunday while hospitalized at the Cleveland Clinic, the NBA team said Monday.
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Former Spurs manager Bill Nicholson dies aged 85.
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The Phillies didn&#39;t wait until the season ended to make a move in their dugout. Larry Bowa was given his walking papers with two games remaining and the temporary reins were handed to bench coach Gary Varsho.
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Phillies Manager Larry Bowa will be fired at the end of the season and pitching coach Joe Kerrigan will resign, two newspapers reported Saturday.
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An autopsy performed Thursday stated that veteran NHL center Sergei Zholtok died as a result of heart failure.
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Lenny Wilkens resigned as coach of the New York Knicks yesterday, likely ending his Hall of Fame career after barely a year with his hometown team.