Tributes pour in for college football coach and radio broadcaster Jim Walden, dead at 88
"The world is a little less interesting without Jim Walden in it."
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Longtime Baltimore reporter and sports anchor Stan Saunders dies at 72
Saunders was best known for his time at CBS affiliate WJZ.
Tributes pour in for sports broadcaster and author David J. Halberstam, dead at 74
"A kind man with an incredible command of the language."
Tribute pour in for award-winning national sports writer Howard Fendrich, dead at 55
"Tennis lost a wonderful journalist and a great person."
NFL Network’s Steve Wyche remembers mentor, friend, and HBCU broadcasting pioneer Charlie Neal
Charlie Neal "was a high-caliber human being who touched a lot of lives."
Tribute pour in for trailblazing Spanish-language announcer René Cárdenas, dead at 96
"With yesterday's passing of René Cárdenas, we lost a true legend and pioneer in broadcasting."
Tributes pour in for iconic Expos, Blue Jays broadcaster Rodger Brulotte, dead at 79
"Bonsoir! Bonsoir! Bonsoir!"
Tributes pour in for longtime Wake Forest basketball analyst Mark Freidinger, dead at 76
"Dinger" worked alongside play-by-play announcer Stan Cotten, calling more than 1,000 games together.
Tributes pour in for longtime Chicago Blackhawks analyst Troy Murray, dead at 63
"The Blackhawks community has lost a great one"
Lou Holtz, renowned college football coach turned ESPN analyst, dies at 89
After his coaching career, Holtz became one of the faces of ESPN’s college football coverage from 2005 to 2014.
Tampa Bay Times sportswriter Joey Knight passes away at 57
"A really kind human and a beautiful storyteller. You felt his essence in every story he wrote."
Tributes pour in for Phillip Marshall, longtime Auburn reporter, dead at 76
"Legend probably doesn’t do it justice — the beacon of Auburn media."
Tributes pour in for Deadspin, Defector editor Dan McQuade, dead at 43
"Rest in peace to one of the great bloggers and the de facto mayor of Philadelphia."
Tributes pour in for longtime Washington sports writer Rick Snider
"Rick was a consummate professional who covered the franchise with class for over 40 years."
Frustrated White Sox fan trolled team in his obituary
"He couldn’t face another White Sox season after last year’s record breaking meltdown."
Longtime ESPN broadcaster Mike Patrick, dead at 80
Patrick joined the fledgling ESPN in 1982 and quickly became one of their preeminent voices for pro and college games.
Tributes pour in for legendary announcer Greg Gumbel after his passing at 78
Dave Loggins, composer of CBS’ Masters theme song ‘Augusta,’ dies at 76
The theme is named the "longest-running sports theme in history" in Loggins' obituary.
ESPN VP David Kraft talks obituary video process: “We try to take care in both how it’s written and who voices it.”
"The goal is that our audience, no matter the platform, but certainly on television in this case, has an appropriate remembrance of an important sports figure that is complete and contextual."
Tony Siragusa dead at 55
RIP, Tony.
Tributes pour in as longtime sportswriter Jay Greenberg dies at 71
Greenberg was a Hall of Fame hockey writer for multiple publications across a decades-long career.
Tributes pour in to long-time Los Angeles Times sportswriter Chris Dufresne, who passed away at 62
Dufresne received notable tributes from sports figures like Rick Neuheisel, as well as his colleagues and TMG co-founders Mark Blaudschun and Herb Gould.
Richard Sandomir talks obituaries, commissioner who wants advance interview
Last month, the news of veteran New York Times sports media reporter Richard Sandomir leaving that beat to write...
