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Byline: Des Bieler Utah State said a man found dead underwater at an area reservoir was Andre Seldon Jr., a member of its football team. The university noted in a [...]

Byline: Nicole Asbury Prosecutors plan to review evidence this week from the Maryland crash that killed NFL rookie Khyree Jackson and two former high school teammates, officials said Sunday, though [...]

Byline: Tom Jackman, Michael Errigo Three former high school state champion football players from Prince George's County - including one just drafted into the NFL - were killed early Saturday [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel The body of former NFL cornerback Vontae Davis was found by police Monday at his home in Southwest Ranches, Fla. In a statement to The Washington Post, [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG -- Ken Ploen, a two-way star who led the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to four Grey Cup titles, has died at 88. The Blue Bombers confirmed [...]

Byline: Glynn A. Hill D.J. Hayden, the 2013 first-round draft pick who overcame a life-threatening injury to play eight NFL seasons, was one of six people who died early Saturday [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Former NFL tight end Russ Francis, a threetime Pro Bowl selection with the New England Patriots who won a Super Bowl with [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren Mike Williams, a former wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Buffalo Bills, has died, the Buccaneers announced on Tuesday. Williams, 36, had been hospitalized in [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren The father of a Georgia football player killed in a January car crash hours after a celebration of the school's national championship is reportedly seeking $2 million [...]

Byline: Tom Schad, USA TODAY Dwayne Haskins' widow, Kalabrya, has filed a lawsuit against 14 people or entities that she claims contributed to her husband's death on a Florida highway [...]

Byline: Les Carpenter A lawsuit filed in Broward County, Fla., by Rick Ellsley, the attorney for Dwayne Haskins's wife, claims the former Washington Commanders quarterback was drugged, blackmailed and robbed [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren Devin Willock, a 20-year-old offensive lineman for Georgia's two-time national championship team, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle in a car [...]

Devin Willock, an offensive lineman, and Chandler LeCroy, a recruiting analyst, died after a vehicle driven by LeCroy crashed into power poles and trees. Devin Willock, a redshirt sophomore on [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren Devin Willock, a 20-year-old offensive lineman on Georgia's two-time national championship team, and a 24-year-old member of Georgia's recruiting staff were killed in a car crash early [...]

Byline: Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY Former NFL and Colorado star wide receiver Charles E. Johnson died by suicide last July after apparently overdosing on drugs, according to a report released [...]

Byline: Justin Jouvenal and Lisa Grace Lednicer The charter bus had just returned to the University of Virginia campus when the shots began. Students who had been watching a play [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Edmonton Elks running back Christian Saulsberry was shot and killed near Memphis, Tenn., the team said Saturday. Saulsberry had turned 25 on Monday. Saulsberry, a native [...]

Byline: Justin Jouvenal The Virginia State Police will take over the investigation of the shooting at the University of Virginia this week that left three football players dead and two [...]

Byline: Emily Davies CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A witness told police that the 22-year-old University of Virginia student accused of fatally shooting three football players and wounding two others on campus [...]

''It feels like a nightmare, honestly,'' Tony Elliott said, ''and I'm ready for somebody to pinch me and wake me up.'' CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Tony Elliott, the University of Virginia [...]

Byline: Steve Gardner and Lorenzo Reyes USA TODAY Linebacker D'Sean Perry Perry is a 6-3 junior from Miami who made two tackles in the Cavaliers game Saturday against Pittsburgh. Perry [...]

Byline: Emily Davies, Karina Elwood, Nick Anderson, Susan Svrluga, Justin Jouvenal and Keith L. Alexander CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Em Gunter, 19, was watching a biology lecture on a computer in [...]

Byline: Emily Davies, Karina Elwood, Nick Anderson, Susan Svrluga, Justin Jouvenal and Keith L. Alexander CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Em Gunter, 19, was watching a biology lecture on a computer in [...]

Byline: Martin Weil, Keith L. Alexander, Nick Anderson, Karina Elwood, Susan Svrluga and Katie Mettler CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. - A man suspected of killing three people and injuring two others in [...]

The former N.F.L. receiver died at 33, six months after he retired from football. He had been posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E. Demaryius Thomas, a four-time All-Pro [...]

Byline: Des Bieler Marion Barber III, a former NFL running back, was found dead Wednesday at his Dallas-area apartment. The ex-Cowboys star was 38. Authorities in Frisco, Texas, have yet [...]

Byline: Josh Peter, USA TODAY DANVILLE, Calif. - Carie Clark stepped into the backyard of her 4,000-square-foot house last week and pointed to a flat-screen TV. It was mounted to [...]

Byline: Nicki Jhabvala The wife of Dwayne Haskins had pleaded for help locating her husband, telling a 911 dispatcher he was stranded and looking for gas the morning he was [...]

Byline: Des Bieler ESPN's Adam Schefter shared an apology Monday for a tweet he posted Saturday about the death of NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins. 'It was insensitive,' Schefter said of [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed in an auto accident Saturday in Florida. Haskins's agent, Cedric Saunders, told ESPN about the quarterback's death and the [...]

Byline: Joe Rutter Apr. 9Dwayne Haskins was trying to get his once-promising NFL career back on track with the Pittsburgh Steelers when he died Saturday at age 24 after being [...]

Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA -- Lead ATLANTA Demaryius Thomas, who earned five straight Pro Bowl honors and a Super Bowl ring during a prolific receiving career spent mostly with [...]

Byline: Meryl Kornfield Former New Orleans Saints player Glenn Foster Jr. died in police custody Monday in Alabama, days after he was pulled over for an alleged traffic violation, his [...]

Byline: Des Bieler Utah football player Aaron Lowe was shot to death early Sunday morning in Salt Lake City, police said. No arrests have been made in the incident, in [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA -- Lead OTTAWA The University of Ottawa says one of its football players died shortly after a game over the weekend. The school says fifth-year-engineering [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren A freshman defensive end at Virginia Union University collapsed during a conditioning drill Sunday. Sandra Nelson, the grandmother of Quandarius Wilburn told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that he [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS Lead Lin-J Shell, who played seven CFL seasons with four teams, has died. He was 39. The cause of death was not immediately known. Shell was [...]

Byline: Timothy Bella At least five people are dead, including two children, in what police in York County, S.C., on Wednesday called a 'case of a mass shooting.' Four of [...]

Byline: Glynn A. Hill The death of University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair in 2018 devastated his parents and thrust his name into national conversations about the treatment of [...]

Byline: Des Bieler Vincent Jackson's brain was donated for research to discover whether he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a family spokeswoman confirmed. The former NFL wide receiver was found [...]

Byline: Des Bieler Vincent Jackson's brain will be donated for research to discover whether he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a family spokeswoman said Thursday. The former NFL wide receiver [...]