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Ben Siegfried played college football at a small Pennsylvania college Ben Siegfried, a former college football player who was serving as an athletic trainer for the St. Louis BattleHawks and D.C. Defenders of the XFL, died Thursday, the league announced. He was 22. The XFL and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sent their condolences to his family and friends on Friday. "The XFL family mourns the loss of our teammate, Ben Siegfried, who passed away last evening," the league said. "Ben, a graduate student athletic trainer from Lebanon Valley College working with the XFL Athletic Training Department, was an integral part...

Dave Wills, who served as the Tampa Bay Rays radio announcer over the past 18 years, died Sunday, March 5, the Rays and Major League Baseball announced. No cause of death was revealed. He was 58

Minor League baseball player and one-time Mets pitching prospect Matt Pobereyko died suddenly of a heart attack on Friday. He was only 31. The news was first reported by MLB insider Hector Gomez who noted that Pobereyko pitched in the Mexican League and Dominican Winter League this offseason. Former Mets minor league pitcher Matt Pobereyko passed away at the age of 31 due to a heart attack. He had pitched in the Mexican League and Dominican Winter League this offseason. pic.twitter.com/Mu1D3pBt8W — Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) February 26, 2023 Several of the U.S. Minor League teams he played for also announced...

UNLV defensive lineman Ryan Keeler died on Monday, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a "beautiful" and "very talented" young Irish man that "always had a smile on his face" who died suddenly while living in Canada. Deep condolences have been expressed to the family of Kildare man, Jeremy Burke, 27, who passed away peacefully in his sleep in Toronto, on January 22. "The family are in awe of the support they are receiving from all around the world," a fundraiser entitled Bringing Jeremy Home, which has raised over €24,000, has said.

The sudden death of a cadet player for Sporting Club de Huelva has shocked the Spanish football community. Estrella Martin, 14, died suddenly in her hometown of Ayamonte, in southern Spain, on Wednesday, according to the club. According to the report from local media, Estrella had a routine Tuesday training session before being found unresponsive in her home by her parents on Wednesday. “The Sporting Club de Huelva deeply regrets to announce the death this morning of our player Estrella Martín Rasco in her native Ayamonte,” the club said in a statement. “Belonging to our lower echelons, the soccer player,...

Officials in Australia have confirmed that the nation’s first openly gay Olympic bobsledder, Simon Dunn, died suddenly at age 35.Dunn’s body was reportedly found at his home in Sydney on Saturday. Police do not feel the death is suspicious and are going on the assumption that there is a medical reason for the passing, according to Yahoo Sports.Ruby Rose Management confirmed the news with a statement saying, “About 10 am on Saturday, January 21, 2023, police were called to a unit on Crown Street, Surry Hills, after reports the body of a man had been found inside. The body is...

Canadian cyclist Kris Yip died on Wednesday at the age of 47. The rider from Prince George had been riding and racing most of his life. In 2022, he qualified for represent Canada at the 2022 UCI Esports World Championships with a very strong ride at the the Pan Am Selection Race, where he finished 11th overall.The cause of death is not known at this time.On Sunday, the Prince George Cycling Club held a memorial to honour Yip.

A Texas middle school teacher collapsed in front of his class and died earlier this month. Staff members conducted CPR on Jacob Sanchez, 35, who was a coach and teacher at Devine Middle School in San Antonio, according to KSAT-TV. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office later reported that Sanchez died of a heart attack. Principal Kandi Darnell said that she was talking with Sanchez not long before he died. “He seemed fine, and everything seemed fine,” she said.

Alan Komissaroff, a Fox News senior vice president who supervised the cable-news outlet’s political-news coverage, has died following a heart attack. He was 47 years old.

Fox News Senior Vice President of News & Politics Alan Komissaroff died on Friday after suffering a heart attack at his home earlier this month. He was 47 years old. "This is an extremely difficult day for all of us who worked closely with Alan, and we are completely heartbroken," FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and FOX News Media President Jay Wallace wrote in a memo to colleagues.

The musician, who appeared on the singing competition in 2014, was rushed to hospital earlier this month, where he died aged 31. A spokesperson for the Walker County Coroner has now confirmed that he died of a heart attack.

Former Alabama running back Ahmaad Galloway -- who rushed for 17 touchdowns in his Crimson Tide career -- has died ... TMZ Sports has confirmed.He was just 42 years old.According to principal Susan Reid at Compton-Drew Middle School in St. Louis, where Galloway was teaching eighth grade English, Galloway was found dead on Monday.Reid tells us the former tailback, who was drafted by the Denver Broncos in 2003, failed to show up to work ... prompting concerned school leaders to ask for a welfare check at his home.Reid said when officials entered Galloway's apartment, they discovered he was deceased. A...