Obituaries

Florida State guard Caleb Mills (4) shoots over Purdue guard Jaden Ivey (23) and guard Sasha Stefanovic (55) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

No. 2 Purdue uses scoring combination to KO Seminoles 93-65

By Michael Marot Nov. 30, 2021 09:49 PM EST

Gonzaga guard Julian Strawther, center, sits on the bench during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Central Michigan on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Gonzaga's Strawther thrives in native Vegas, honors late mom

By W.g. Ramirez Nov. 24, 2021 05:36 PM EST

Connecticut's Adama Sanogo, left, looks to take a shot between LIU defenders Ty Flowers, center, and Eral Penn, right,, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday Nov. 17, 2021, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)

Tyler Polley scores 17 points, No. 23 UConn routs LIU 93-40

By Pat Eaton-Robb Nov. 17, 2021 08:51 PM EST

Bill Steinman, longtime Columbia athletics official, dies

Sep. 23, 2021 06:36 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — William C. Steinman, the longtime sports information director of Columbia University, has died. He was 76. Steinman, a...

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2012, file photo, Nan Wooden looks at a statue of her late father, UCLA men's basketball coach John Wooden, after its unveiling outside the new Pauley Pavilion at UCLA in Los Angeles. Nan Wooden died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. She was 87. The school said she died of natural causes at a care facility in the San Fernando Valley, according to family members. She had suffered a series of strokes in recent years. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Nan Wooden, daughter of UCLA coach John Wooden, dies at 87

By Beth Harris Sep. 14, 2021 08:43 PM EDT

FILE - Team captain Jerry Harkness right, and other members of the 1963 Loyola men's basketball championship team meet Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, left, during a halftime ceremony honoring the 1963 Loyola and Mississippi State teams in Chicago, in this Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, file photo. Harkness, who led Loyola Chicago to a barrier-breaking national basketball championship and a was civil rights pioneer, has died. He was 81. The school announced Harkness passed away Tuesday morning, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

Mississippi State-Loyola (IL) 12/15/2012

Aug. 24, 2021 03:58 PM EDT

Former Loyola NCAA college basketball star Jerry Harkness poses at his home in Indianapolis on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Harkness, who led Loyola Chicago to a barrier-breaking national basketball championship and a was civil rights pioneer, has died. He was 81. The school announced Harkness passed away Tuesday morning, Aug. 24, 2021. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Loyola Chicago basketball pioneer Jerry Harkness dies at 81

By John Marshall Aug. 24, 2021 03:56 PM EDT

FILE - Jim Phelan, head coach of the Mount St. Mary's men's NCAA college basketball team, ponders his future in his office, in this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003, file photo. Phelan, who won 830 games during nearly a half-century at Mount St. Mary's, has died. He was 92. The athletic department at Mount St. Mary's said Phelan died in his sleep at home Tuesday night, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy Jacobsen, File)

Longtime Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan dies at age 92

Jun. 16, 2021 12:49 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2009, file photo, Big East commissioner John Marinatto speaks at a news conference in New York. Marinatto, who was commissioner of the Big East during a tumultuous period of conference realignment across college sports, had died. He was 64. Providence College, Marinatto's alma mater and the school where he began a long career in college sports, said he died Saturday, June 12, 2021. A cause of death was not immediately released. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

John Marinatto, ran Big East in time of tumult, dies at 64

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 14, 2021 05:56 PM EDT

Loyola University athletic director Joe Boylan poses for a portrait at the school's new $62 million Ridley Intercollegiate Athletic Complex, in Baltimore. Boylan, a popular radio voice for Rutgers basketball and a former coach when the team made its only Final Four appearance nearly a half-century ago, died Sunday, March 21, 2021. He was 82. (Sarah Pastrana/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Boylan, Rutgers radio voice, former hoops coach, dies at 82

Mar. 22, 2021 05:18 PM EDT

South Carolina says hoop Hall of Famer Art Whisnant has died

Mar. 17, 2021 05:19 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina basketball Hall of Famer Art Whisnant has died. The school announced Whisnant's death Wednesday. No...

Purdue guard Jaden Ivey (23) makes a pass in front of Wisconsin forward Tyler Wahl (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Edey helps No. 23 Purdue hold off No. 25 Wisconsin 73-69

By Michael Marot Mar. 02, 2021 11:33 PM EST

Phil Rollins, who led Louisville to 1956 NIT title, dies

Feb. 09, 2021 06:21 PM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Phil Rollins, a starting guard on Louisville’s 1956 NIT championship squad who went on to play in the NBA, has died. He was 87. ...