College Baseball Player Dead at 20 After Complications from Tommy John Surgery

Photo: Gomason.com Sang Ho Baek, a college baseball pitcher who just completed his freshman season at George Mason University, has died. He was 20. Baek died Saturday, June 12, after suffering complications from ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, otherwise known as Tommy John surgery, according to GMU’sathletic department. Born in Korea, the Salisbury, Maryland, resident previously played for James M. Bennett High School, where he helped the Clippers win the 2019 3A Maryland State Championship.

College Basketball Broadcaster Suspended for Accidentally Mocking Team's Performance On-Air

Photo: Gary Dolphin/Facebook “How do we not get anybody like that?” Dolphin said, according toUSA Today, in reference to some of the opposing team’s freshman players. “It’s just year after year after year. Go get a quality piece like that. Just get one! They’ve got three or four.” At the time, Pittsburg was leading the game 46-40, according to theIowa Gazette. Dolphin also went on to call out Iowa junior guard Maishe Dailey, saying that the player “dribbles into a double-team with his head down.

College Basketball Coach Resigns from Texas University After Being Linked to Admissions Scandal

A Texas basketball coach has resigned after being linked tothe national college admissions scandalthat also implicated numerous other athletic coaches and Hollywood celebrities includingLori LoughlinandFelicity Huffman. Lamont Smith was the assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Texas at El Paso before he resigned. Previously, Smith had been the head men’s basketball coach at the University of San Diego, where he allegedly participated in the college admissions scheme. Smith left USD in March 2018.

College Basketball Player Fatally Shot While Driving, Suspect Was Looking for Woman in Car with Victim

Carl-Hens Beliard.Photo:Rick Cinclair/Telegram & Gazette / USA TODAY NETWORK Rick Cinclair/Telegram & Gazette / USA TODAY NETWORK A Massachusetts man is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of a college basketball player who was shot while driving. Pena Canela, 18, pleaded not guilty Thursday in connection with the fatal Wednesday night shooting of Carl-Hens Beliard, theWorcester Telegram & Gazettereported. Prosecutors said Beliard was in the car with a woman who was allegedly in an on-and-off-again relationship with Canela,CBS News reported.

College Basketball Player Learns About Dad's Death After Team Wins Game During NCAA March Madness

Photo: Jessica Hill/AP/REX/Shutterstock A Florida State University basketball player received tragic news following the school’s 76-69 victory over Vermont in the NCAA tournament this week. Directly after the Thursday’s game, FSU power forward Phil Cofer, 22, was notified that his 58-year-old father, Mike Cofer — a former Pro Bowl linebacker with the Detroit Lions — had died after a lengthy battle with a rare illness, FSU athletic department spokesman Chuck Walsh toldESPN.