Longtime NL umpire John Kibler dies at 81PALO ALTO, Calif. — Longtime umpire John Kibler, seen emphatically pointing fair on the ground ball Bill Buckner missed in the 1986 World Series, has died. He was 81.
Ex-pitcher Jim Bibby dies; won '79 World Series
Former Memphis State coach Dana Kirk dies at 74
NJ judge who opened Little League to girls dies
Fred Schaus, mentor to West at WVU, dies at 84
More News
- Former Knicks All-Star Carl Braun dies at 82
- California horse owner Edmund Gann dies; campaigned major stakes winner Medaglia d’Oro, others
- Hall of Famer ‘Bullet’ Bill Dudley, a 2-way star and MVP for Steelers in 1946, dies at 88
- Ex-UMass football coach Pickett dies; led Minutemen to NCAA I-AA championship game in ‘78
- Knicks Hall of Famer Dick McGuire dies at 84
- Former Oklahoma State NCAA wrestling champion Jack Brisco dies at age 68
- Tom Brookshier, star on Eagles’ 1960 championship team and CBS announcer, dies at 78
- Former San Francisco 49ers Pro Bowl punter, N. Illinois star Tom Wittum dies at age 60
- Former San Francisco 49er Pro Bowl punter Tom Wittum dead at 60
- Bobby Bragan, who managed Aaron, Mathews and Spahn with Braves, dies at 92 in Fort Worth
- Dan Fitzgerald, architect of Gonzaga’s college basketball rise, dies suddently at 67
- Gaines Adams, NFL defensive end and Clemson All-American, dies at 26 in South Carolina
- Chicago Bears confirm DE, former Clemson all-American Gaines Adams has died at 26
- Mother of Hall of Fame basketball star Isiah Thomas dies
- Golf pioneer Bill Powell dies at 93, first African American to build, own and operate course
- Former Okla. wrestling great Steve Williams, who wrestled professionally as ‘Dr. Death,’ dies
- Reaction to the death of 26-year-old Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry
- Former Pitt football coach, NFL assistant Foge Fazio dies at age 71
- Former Yankees star Tommy Henrich, nicknamed ‘Old Reliable’ for clutch hits, dies at 96
- Al Shaw, former basketball coach at Williams College, dies at 102
- LA Times sports writer Mike Penner, who announced in 2007 he was transsexual, dead at 52
- Ira ‘Babe’ Hanford, winner of 1936 Kentucky Derby aboard Bold Venture, dies in Florida at 91
- Ira “Babe” Hanford, oldest Derby-winning jockey, dies in Florida at age 91; won in 1936
- Washington Wizards’ Abe Pollin, NBA’s longest-tenured owner, dies at 85
- Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, women’s judo pioneer who pushed to add sport to Olympics, dies at 74
- Art Savage, owner of Oakland A’s Triple-A affiliate in Sacramento, dies at age 58
- Stefanie Spielman, wife of Ohio State and NFL star, dies at 42 after long battle with cancer
- Hall of Fame horse trainer Bobby Frankel dies at 68; won 2003 Belmont Stakes
- Father of former NBA star Jayson Williams dies in South Carolina
- Basketball Hall of Famer Al Cervi, player and coach for Syracuse Nationals, dies at age 92
- UAB spokesman: 7-foot-2 Alan Ogg dies at 42 from complications from staph infection
- Former Iowa football coach Evashevski, led Hawkeyes to Rose Bowl wins, dead at 91
- STORY REMOVED: FBN–Obit-Vikings-Thomas
- Mets minor league pitcher Castro dies at 18 of apparent heart attack
- Bill Chadwick, former NHL referee and broadcaster, dies at 94
- Jack Poole, chairman of board of directors for 2010 Vancouver Olympics, dies
- Canadian man who brought Winter Olympics to Vancouver dies
- Cullen Bryant, who played 11 seasons with LA Rams, dies at 58
- Charismatic wrestler Captain Lou Albano dead at 76
- Larry Jansen, winning pitcher for Giants in ‘Shot Heard ‘Round the World’ game dies at 89
- Italy’s longtime swimming coach Alberto Castagnetti dies at 66
- Marvin Fishman, 1 of Milwaukee Bucks’ original owners, dies at Wisconsin hospital at age 84
- Former 2-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Leon Clarke dies at 76
- Former major league pitcher Brian Powell dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound
- Rookie linebacker Fein, Baltimore Ravens hopeful, dies in Washington state
- Family requests Perry play Presidents Cup after mother’s death
- Developer of Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas dies after battle with leukemia
- Coroner says former Cincinnati Reds All-Star Lonny Frey dies of natural causes in Idaho
- Dick Hoover, an original Professional Bowler’s Association member, dies at age 79
- Monte Clark, Lions coach for 7 seasons and assistant on 17-0 Miami team in 1972, dies at 72
- NCAA president Myles Brand, who fired Bob Knight while at Indiana, dies from cancer at 67
- NCAA president Myles Brand dies at 67 after battling pancreatic cancer
- NCAA president Myles Brand dies from pancreatic cancer
- Billionaire shopping mall magnate, Indiana Pacers co-owner Mel Simon dies at 82
- NCAA president Myles Brand dies after battling pancreatic cancer
- Billionaire shopping mall magnate, Indiana Pacers co-owner Melvin Simon dies at 82
- Olympic bronze medalist boxer Darren Sutherland of Ireland found hanged at home and dead at 27
- Irish boxer Darren Sutherland, an Olympic bronze medalist at Beijing Games, found dead at 27
- Jack Kramer, tennis champion and promoter, dies in Los Angeles at 88
- Hall of Fame jockey Milo Valenzuela dies at 74 after long illness
- Marvin ‘Moose’ Stewart, LSU football star in 1930s, dies at 97
- Former European race champion Frank Gardner dies in Australia at age 78
- Former Dolphins defensive lineman T.J. Turner dies at 46 after stroke
- Austrian skiing great Toni Sailer, who won 3 golds at 1956 Winter Olympics, dies at 73
- William J. Williams Sr., who owned Reds during Big Red Machine era, dies at age 93
- Burl Toler, first African-American official in NFL history, dies at age 81
- Ted ‘Teeder’ Kennedy, former Maple Leafs captain and hockey Hall of Famer, dies at 83
- Family: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, JFK’s sister and Special Olympics founder, has died at age 88
- Merlyn Mantle, wife of Yankees Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle, dies at age 77
- Hironoshin Furuhashi, vice president of swimming’s ruling body, dies at 80 during swim worlds
- Bobby Robson, who coached England to 1990 World Cup semifinals, dies at 76 of cancer
- Former England manager Bobby Robson dies at 76 after struggle with cancer
- Longtime Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson dies at age 68 from cancer
- Former Oklahoma defensive end Rick Bryan dies at age 47 from heart failure
- San Francisco Giants part owner Sue Burns dead at 58
- San Francisco Giants majority owner Sue Burns dead at 58
- Nikola Stanchev, the wrestler who became Bulgaria’s 1st Olympic champion, dies at age 78
- French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt dies at the age of 24
- Lions’ great and Hall of Fame offensive lineman Lou Creekmur dead at 82
- Jerri Nielsen, cancer-stricken doctor rescued from South Pole in 1999, dies in Mass. at 57
- Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, cancer-stricken doctor rescued from South Pole, dies in Mass. at 57
- Dusty Rhodes, who helped Giants win 1954 World Series, dies at 82
- Former USC, NFL player George Belotti dies at 74
- Former MLB pitcher Woodeshick, original member of Houston Colt .45s, dead at 76
- Former infielder Woodie Held, once traded for Roger Maris, dies at age 77
- Six-time Olympic swim coach Richard Quick dies
- Obituaries in the news
- Pio Sagapolutele, who played for Browns and started for Patriots in Super Bowl, dies at 39.
- Randy Smith, ex-Buffalo Braves star who set consecutive games mark, dies at 60
- Former NBA player Randy Smith, known for setting consecutive games mark, dies at 60
- Former Cleveland Indians owner and real estate developer Richard Jacobs dies at 84
- Tex Cauthen, farrier and father to Hall of Fame jockey, dies at 77
- Irish trainer Vincent O’Brien dies in Ireland at 92 after a half century in racing
- Irish racehorse trainer Vincent O’Brien dies in Ireland at 92 after 51-year career
- Former Olympic snowboard champion Karine Ruby dies at 31 in Mount Blanc climbing accident