CINCINNATI (WKRC) — A hall-of-famed, Emmy-winning sports broadcasting icon will be hanging up the microphone in 2025.
Charles Barkley, former basketball figure and TNT sports host,
revealed 2025 will be his last year as a broadcaster. Following
game four of the NBA Finals on Friday, Barkley told reporters
he would be retiring following the 2024-2025 NBA season. He
turned 61 in February.
PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) – Former Philadelphia 76ers player
Drew Gordon has died in a car crash in Clackamas County,
according to ESPN.
Gordon’s agent confirmed to ESPN that the forward died in a
crash on Thursday afternoon. The accident occurred near the intersection of South Springwater Road and South Bakers
Ferry Road.
According to officials, the driver of a three-wheeled autocycle,
Gordon, died at the scene. The preliminary investigation
indicates that he crossed over the center line and collided
with a GMC Sierra pickup. Drew Gordon was 33.
The driver of the GMC and a passenger were both transported
to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Gordon played for the 76ers during their 2014-15 season. He
is the brother of Aaron Gordon, a current player for the Denver
Nuggets.
Bill Walton with the Portland Trail Blazers (1974–1979)
William Theodore Walton III (November 5, 1952 – May 27, 2024)
PORTLAND, Ore. — Former Portland Trail Blazers legend Bill
Walton lost his battle with cancer.
Walton rose to fame as part of the team that brought Portland its
only NBA Championship in 1977.
Blazer Coach Jack Ramsay, in 2010, called Walton the best Portland
Trail Blazer, "hands down no question."
After his retirement as a player, Walton became a basketball color commentator.
In 2001, Walton received an Emmy Award for "Best Live sports
Television Broadcast."
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On April 25, 1950, the Boston Celtics make Chuck Cooper, an
All-American forward from Duquesne University, the first
African American picked in NBA draft. With the selection,
the first pick in the second round, Cooper breaks the NBA’s
color barrier and changes the league for the better.
Cooper continued his pace-setting off the court upon his
retirement. He earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work
from the University of Minnesota in 1960. In 1970, he
became the City of Pittsburgh’s first Black department
head and later served as Pittsburgh National Bank’s first
Urban Affairs Officer.
The Boston Celtics posthumously awarded him with a
‘Heroes Among Us’ award in 2016.
Charles Henry Cooper (September 29, 1926 – February 5, 1984)
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One of the few photographs taken inside French class in
Holden Hall at the time.
Injured occupants are carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia
Tech.
