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[unable to retrieve full-text content]NFL writer Terez Paylor of Yahoo Sports dies unexpectedly at age 37  Baltimore Sun Source link

Terez Paylor, a national NFL writer for Yahoo Sports and Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, died unexpectedly Tuesday at age 37. Paylor worked for the Kansas City Star from 2006 to 2018, spending the last five seasons covering the Chiefs for the newspaper. He left to join Yahoo Sports, where he covered the NFL. “While we are shocked and saddened by Terez Paylor’s sudden passing, we also celebrate his extraordinary life that touched so many,” Ebony Reed, his fiancee and longtime girlfriend, said… Source link

Yahoo Sports writer and former Chiefs beat reporter for the Kansas City Star Terez Paylor has died at 37 years old, his fiancé Ebony Reed announced in a statement. The cause of death was not mentioned.  “While we are shocked and saddened by Terez Paylor’s sudden passing, we also celebrate his extraordinary life that touched so many,” Reed said in the statement. “Terez was an exceptional journalist whose passion for football made him a respected voice. His legacy will leave an enduring… Source link

Terez Paylor, a Detroit native and Yahoo! Sports columnist who was among the top pro football reporters in the country as well as a Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, died Tuesday. He was 37. Yahoo! Sports announced his death through a statement from fiancee Ebony Reed, a former Detroit News editor. A cause of death was not given. “While we are shocked and saddened by Terez Paylor’s sudden passing, we also celebrate his extraordinary life that touched so many,” the statement read. “Terez was an… Source link

Tyler Kaufman/Associated Press NFL reporter Terez Paylor died Tuesday at the age of 37.  Yahoo Sports announced the news and shared a statement from his fiancee, Ebony Reed: “While we are shocked and saddened by Terez Paylor’s sudden passing, we also celebrate his extraordinary life that touched so many. Terez was an exceptional journalist whose passion for football made him a respected voice. His legacy will leave an enduring impact on sports journalism, the NFL, the Kansas City Chiefs, and… Source link

Marty Schottenheimer coached for four teams and didn’t have a losing record for any of them. (Credit: Matthew Stockman /Allsport( “Martyball” became a negative term, and that’s unfair to Marty Schottenheimer. Schottenheimer’s long football career shouldn’t be defined only by his lack of a championship. Schottenheimer coached 21 years in the NFL and had only two losing seasons, and became one of eight coaches in history to reach 200 wins. He was a master motivator who got the most out… Source link

Leon Spinks, an undersized heavyweight who became undisputed champion when he outworked Muhammad Ali over 15 rounds in 1978, died Friday at 67 after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. Along with his brother, Michael, Spinks was a gold medal winner on the 1976 U.S. Olympic boxing team that is regarded as one of the great teams in boxing history. His son, Cory, a slick defender who became the undisputed welterweight champion in 2003, was born on Feb. 20, 1978, five days after his father… Source link

Watch: How Captain Sir Tom Moore captured a nation’s hearts The NHS, the Queen and Boris Johnson have led tributes to Captain Sir Tom Moore, who has died at the age of 100 after testing positive for COVID-19. In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, Sir Tom’s daughters Hannah Ingram-Moore and Lucy Teixeira said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore. “We are so grateful that we were with him during the last hours of his life; Hannah,… Source link

Hall of Famer and longtime home run king Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron died Friday morning, his daughter confirmed to WSB-TV in Atlanta. The Atlanta Braves legend was 86. Aaron, a 25-time All-Star, played in MLB from 1954-76 almost entirely with the Braves organization — first in Milwaukee and then in Atlanta. In 1957 he led the organization to its first World Series title since 1914. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982. Aaron’s career as home run king Aaron had his first… Source link

Ted Thompson, the former Green Bay Packers general manager who drafted Aaron Rodgers, died Wednesday at age 68. Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported the news and Packers head coach Matt LaFleur later confirmed it. Very sad news. Just heard from two sources that former #Packers GM Ted Thompson died last night. He had just turned 68 on Jan. 17. — Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) January 21, 2021 Packers coach Matt LaFleur confirmed that former GM Ted Thompson has… Source link