Frustrated White Sox fan trolled team in his obituary
"He couldn’t face another White Sox season after last year’s record breaking meltdown."
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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...