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Church baseball league's longtime leader retiresMiamiHerald.comSeventeen years ago, Bob Haworth, a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Miami Springs, organized a coed softball league. And for all of those years, Haworth has served as the commissioner. Comes this summer, the good commissioner will move to … Baseball – Google News

TSN Raiders longtime executive Amy Trask resignsSI.comALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) – Longtime Oakland Raiders chief executive office Amy Trask resigned her position on Saturday, ending the tenure of one of the highest-ranking women in American professional sports. Trask spent 25 seasons with the Raiders starting …Amy Trask resigns from RaidersNBCSports.comLongtime Raiders executive Amy Trask resignsCBSSports.com (blog)Oakland [...]

SpeedwayMedia.com Chipper Jones, with long-time love of NASCAR, relishing Talladega …The Huntsville Times – al.com"That's where my love of NASCAR started." Jones is making his first visit to Talladega — "I've been a little busy the last 20 years whenever they've run the race," he said — and was relishing the experience. "I get to [...]

Schenectady Gazette (blog) Longtime Yale Hockey Coach Tim Taylor Dead At 71; Led 1994 Olympic TeamHartford CourantTaylor, a native of Natick, Mass., is the winningest coach in the history of the Yale hockey program. He coached the Bulldogs from 1976-2006, winning more than 300 games in his career. He was behind the Elis bench for [...]

Hartford Courant Longtime Tennis Coaches At Bristol Eastern Getting Close To RetirementHartford CourantThere are plenty of banners in the gym marking the accomplishments of Bristol Eastern boys and girls tennis, and the coaches of those teams have been around for a combined 80 years. Boys coach Bob Zysk, 65, has won nine CCC South division [...]

FOXSports.com Longtime broadcaster Pat Summerall dead at 82Golf.comDALLAS (AP) — The voice of football. The NFL's narrator for generations. A master of restraint. Pat Summerall soothed American television audiences over four decades – his deep, resonant voice and simple, understated style served as the perfect …Summerall 'a good friend of golf'FOXSports.comFormer Masters Announcer Pat Summerall [...]

New York Daily News Pat Summerall, longtime voice of the NFL for CBS and Fox, where teamed up …New York Daily NewsThe parking lot at Candlestick Park had turned into a waiting room for the media. This was August of 1994, the year Fox took over the NFC TV package from CBS. Notebooks and cameras [...]

FOXSports.com Longtime NFL announcer Pat Summerall has diedUSA TODAYPat Summerall was an NFL player who became better known as a network NFL announcer. Summerall 4-16-13. Pat Summerall, left, who passed away Tuesday, will forever be linked with NFL broadcasting partner John Madden calling Sunday afternoon …Pat Summerall dies at age 82FOXSports.comNFL broadcaster Pat Summerall dies [...]

Longtime NBA scouting director Marty Blake diesYahoo! Sports''His work as a general manager and then as director of scouting for the NBA first helped the teams to understand the value of scouting. Marty's dedication not just to the NBA, but to basketball was extraordinary and we will forever be indebted to him … NBA – [...]

The Denver Channel Longtime Denver hockey coach George Gwozdecky fired after team eliminated …Bangor Daily News“Coach Gwozdecky has done so much for DU hockey, the academic institution, alumni and the community,” added Ricci, who is the director of the state's triple-A hockey organization, the Colorado Thunderbirds. “He made DU hockey important again and …George Gwozdecky [...]