Giants great Willie McCovey, the Hall of Fame lefty slugger who hit 521 homers in his career, died Wednesday at age 80.
Former California football coach Roger Theder has died. He was 77.
John Saunders, one of the familiar on-air faces of ESPN for nearly 30 years, has died. He was 61.
Pelicans guard Bryce Dejean-Jones, 23, has died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen after police said he broke down the door to a Dallas apartment.
Dwayne "Pearl" Washington was 52. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor last summer and had surgery in the fall. He was an All-American at Syracuse from 1984 through 1986.
Dave Mirra, the BMX icon and longtime X Games athlete, has died of an apparent suicide in Greenville, North Carolina.
