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Final goodbyes: Notable people the world lost in 2020 By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press From left, Ruth Bader Ginsburg served 27 years on the U.S. Supreme Court; John Lewis was an icon of the civil rights movement. AP (AP) — In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place in the collective consciousness — RBG, Kobe, Maradona, Eddie Van Halen, Little Richard, Sean Connery, Alex Trebek — but pandemic restrictions often limited the pu...

From Kobe Bryant to Diego Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports 29 Dec, 2020 07:15 PM 9 minutes to read There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It began New Year's Day, a harbinger of what the year held, with the deaths of David Stern and Don Larsen. Not long after came a seismic jolt, the helicopter crash of Kobe Bryant in the fog-shrouded California hills that reverberated across sports and across continents. Deep into the year, ...

From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports By FRED LIEFDecember 29, 2020 GMT There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It began New Year’s Day, a harbinger of what the year held, with the deaths of David Stern and Don Larsen. Not long after came a seismic jolt, the helicopter crash of Kobe Bryant in the fog-shrouded California hills that reverberated across sports and across continents. Deep into the year, a bookend to ...

Column: On its own for 70 years, LPGA gets through big year By DOUG FERGUSONDecember 22, 2020 GMT Louise Suggs was in the room next door. Suggs, one of 13 women who founded the tour in 1950, was serving a term as LPGA president all while competing. Wright said she would be awakened around midnight by the sound of keys pounding a typewriter. “Louise was writing letters to sponsors trying to get us tournaments,” Wright said. “Each night she worked past midnight and then she’d go out and play the next day. I never could figure out how she could do all of that and still play so well. Peop...

The Associated Press Michael Reaves / Getty Images Sport / Getty The late Mickey Wright once recalled an LPGA Tour event where she was unable to sleep, all because of her location. Louise Suggs was in the room next door. Suggs, one of 13 women who founded the tour in 1950, was serving a term as LPGA president all while competing. Wright said she would be awakened around midnight by the sound of keys pounding a typewriter. “Louise was writing letters to sponsors trying to get us tournaments,” Wright said. “Each night she worked past midnight and then she’d go out and play the next day....