[BlackRazor]

According to Dave Campbell of ESPNNews, Kile's father died at age 44 due to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.

[budman_2001]

ESPNNews is now reporting that the SL Cardinal's press conference was delayed and will begin at approximately 5pm ET, only a few minutes from now. I'm guessing ESPNNews will carry it live.

Tragic. Prayers in offering.

[Charles Henrickson]

Sounds like an undiagnosed heart problem. Perhaps, familial hypercholesterolemia?

Kile's father died at age 44 due to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.

This is the kind of thing I'm thinking. When I heard the news about Kile, the first thing I thought was about my father, who died of a heart attack at age 34.

Kile had off-season surgery, so you wonder about a lingering blood clot or aneurysm that was not detected. One rumor that I've come across here in St. Louis is an allergic reaction to a spider bite.

We'll know shortly, I guess. A press conference is scheduled to start momentarily. KMOX Radio here in St. Louis has ongoing live coverage.