A 19-year-old student Jerome Porter has died after he collapsed while playing basketball at Chicago State University. The medical examiner's office says Porter was pronounced dead at Advocate Trinity Hospital on Tuesday. Chicago State president Wayne Watson says the campus mourns the death "with great sadness." Officials at Chicago State say the engineering studies student from Chicago had been playing basketball at a gymnasium when he collapsed.
A Kennesaw State University freshman and standout high school basketball star has died at the age of 19. The Gwinnett Daily Post reports Jerry Coleman was found dead Monday morning after he reportedly passed in his sleep.
Harding University officials say a former women's basketball standout has died. The school announced that 28-year-old Kendra Bailey died after a battle with cancer.
Officials say Bailey attended Harding on a basketball scholarship from 2002 to 2004, and played in 35 games before her career ended because of a knee injury. She earned a bachelor's degree in social work.
Bailey was born in Fort Smith on Sept. 14, 1983. She graduated in 2001 from Ozark High School, where she played on two state championship basketball teams.
She is survived by her husband, B.J. Bailey; her parents, a brother and a sister.
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Cinco Ranch junior Chris Saiz died in a one-car accident. The 16-year-old Saiz, a basketball player, was in the car with teammate Derrick Jones, who suffered minor injuries. Jones was driving and lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree, according to Clayton. Jones was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Katy, and Saiz was life-flighted to Memorial Hermann in the medical center.
"This is going to be a hard time for us, for our team and our community to grieve this loss," said Cinco Ranch basketball coach Neil King.
King said Saiz had been starting for Cinco Ranch for three seasons and was a team captain this year. Saiz was the team's second-leading scorer, averaging 15.4 points per game.
"He was just such an unbelievable young man from a great family," King said. "He had such a bright future. He wasn't just a good basketball player; he was a great student and leader. This is a really tough time for everyone."
A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday night in front of the Cinco Ranch gym.
Reginald Demps Jr., a 20-year-old sophomore guard, died Dec. 21, 2011 in a traffic accident as he was driving to Kansas City International Airport. He was headed to Aurora, Colo., for the holidays. Benedictine College canceled its men's basketball game Friday because of player's death. His funeral was in Orlando, Fla. The team held a private memorial on Monday.
I am still amazed as to how this thread has developed. I mean what more appropriate site to pay homage to lost ones from basketball, old and young, famous and unknown
Another tradition we keep here in this thread is to put tribute songs to those gone and shed a tear or two on the passed ones, may be say a prayer through the songs. The songs may not neccesarily about basketball, but have touching lyrics and musics meant to be addressed on our part to those who leave us.
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GOD GAVE ME YOU lyrics
I’ve been a walking heartache
I’ve made a mess of me
The person that I’ve been lately
Ain’t who I wanna be
But you stay here right beside me
And watch as the storm blows through
And I need you
Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you
Gave me you
There’s more here than what we’re seeing
A divine conspiracy
That you, an angel lovely
Could somehow fall for me
You’ll always be love’s great martyr
And I’ll be the flattered fool
And I need you
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you
On my own I’m only
Half of what I could be
I can’t do without you
We are stitched together
And what love has tethered
I pray we never undo
Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you, gave me you.
He gave me you.
Original version by Dave Barnes
A cover by Blake Shelton
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Matthew West - "Save a Place for Me"
SAVE A PLACE FOR ME lyrics
Don't be mad if I cry
It just hurts so bad sometimes
'Cause everyday it's sinking in
And I have to say goodbye all over again
You know I bet it feels good to have the weight of this world off your shoulders now
I'm dreaming of the day when I'm finally there with you
Save a place for me
Save a place for me
I'll be there soon
I'll be there soon
Save a place for me
Save some grace for me
I'll be there soon
I'll be there soon
I have asked the question why
But I guess the answer's for another time
So instead I'll pray with every tear
And be thankful for the time I had you here
Save a place for me
Save a place for me
I'll be there soon
I'll be there soon
Save a place for me
Save some grace for me
I'll be there soon
I'll be there soon
I wanna live my life just like you did
And make the most of my time just like you did
And I wanna make my home in the sky just like you did
Oh but until I get there, until I get there
Just save a place for me, save a place for me
'Cause I will be there soon
Save a place for me, save a place for me
I'll be there soon, I'll be there soon
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Aleksandr Sizonenko, a former Soviet basketball star has died. He was also Russia's tallest man at 2.45 meters, and died at the age of 52.
Alexander Sizonenko (born Alexander Alekseyevich Sizonenko on 20 July 1959) in the village Zaporizhia, Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a giant, measured at 239 centimetres (7 feet 10.1 inches), a former Soviet basketball player. Sizonenko has continued to grow since this measurement was taken. Sizonenko formerly played basketball for the Soviet Union but because of his enormous growth his mobility is increasingly impaired. He received an offer from plastinator Gunther von Hagens for his body but he declined the offer. He played professionally for Spartak Leningrad (1976–1978) and for Budivelnyk Kyiv (1979–1986). Alexander Sizonenko was also a member of the Soviet national team and appeared on its behalf for 12 games. The last years of his life he lived in Saint Petersburg. He was divorced and has a son Alexander born in 1994.
Alexander Sizonenko died after a long sickbed on 5 January 2012.
Joe Clarke, a youth basketball icon in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years who founded the Watts Magicians travel team and helped dozens of boys and girls try to reach their basketball dreams on and off the court, died Thursday morning at Lakewood Regional Medical Center after an illness, according to family friend Ronald Scipio. He was 75.
Born in Panama on Jan. 11, 1936, Clarke teamed with Willie Naulls to create the South-Central L.A. Athletic Club that evolved into the Watts Magicians travel team. It became an outlet and opportunity for young boys and girls to play basketball.
Among the players who went through the program were former NBA players Marques Johnson, Michael Cooper, David Greenwood, Roy Hamilton, John Williams, Cedric Ceballos, Dwayne Polee and Reggie Theus, plus former WNBA players Cynthia Cooper and Lisa Leslie.
"He's touched many lives on and off the court," Scipio said. "This was the guy who pioneered travel basketball."
He also was known for "vocabulary basketball," which he used to educate his players.
"I devised a list of vocabulary words, which became the 10 commandments of the Watts Magicians," Clarke said in a 1985 Times article. "I'd put the words on a card and during practice, if someone wasn't doing his job, I'd stop and say, 'What's this word?' If it was responsibility, I'd explain what the word meant and its importance to the individual. A lesson, not just bouncing the ball."
Scipio said Clarke's health had deteriorated in recent years. He is survived by sons Luis, Ray and Jose. His body is expected to be cremated.
Jerry Steiner, who had been one of the oldest-living pro basketball players, died of pneumonia at the age of 94 in Bonita Springs. Steiner played in 1940-41 with the Indianapolis Kautskys. After serving in World War II, he played for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in 1946-47 while he taught high school. The 5-foot-8 point guard earned second-team, all-league honors. Both those teams were members of the National Basketball League (NBL), a predecessor of the NBA.
Ex NBA star Bob Boozer died on May 19, at the age of 75.
The former Kansas State All-American was the #1 NBA 1959 overall pick, but he delayed one year entering the pros to be eligible of playing the 1960 Olympics. He played one year AAU ball and was then selected to the famous Rome Olympic team.
Boozer played in the NBA from the 1960-61 season to 1970-71, when he won the title with the Milwaukee Bucks. In eleven years in the pros he averaged 14.8ppg.
Ex NBA star Orlando Woolridge died late Thursday in Mansfield, La at the age of 52 after a long battle with heart disease. The 6-foot-9 Woolridge was the sixth overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in 1981 after starring at Notre Dame in college and Mansfield High School in Louisiana. Woolridge played for the Chicago Bulls, New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons,Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers . After the NBA carrer he played professionally in Italy for Benetton Treviso and Buckler Bologna where he retired. He also coached the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA and the Arizona Rhinos of the ABA
Thierry Rupert (born in 1977) left us after spending several months in a coma (cardiovascular problems).
He was a member of the 2003 French NT that finished 4th in the Eurobasket.
I should have noticed when it happened… Howard Lassoff, an outstanding Israeli-American player, died last February at the age of 57. Lassoff and LaVon Mercer formed the best Israeli frontcourt of all time, good enough for a 7th place finish at the 1986 World Championships.
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