Cheerleading coach among 3 killed in university van crash in Calif.’s eastern Sierra Nevada

Cheerleading coach among 3 killed in Calif. crash

Cheerleading coach among 6 killed in university van crash in Calif.’s eastern Sierra Nevada

Cheerleading coach among 6 killed in Calif. crash

Don Coryell, innovative coach who redefined passing game in NFL, dies at 85

Innovative football coach Don Coryell dies at 85

W.Va. miner enjoyed mother-in-law’s deviled eggs before entering mine for final time

Miners had one last dinner with families

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the West Virginia miners killed in last week’s explosion, Easter dinner was the final time they would spend with relatives.

Karate, swimming, farming among interests of West Virginia coal mine blast victims

W.Va. miners were varied in experience, interests

W.Va. coal mine victim’s note to family among stories of those killed in explosion

Note for family among W.Va. mine victims’ stories

West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins visits families after mine blast

W.Va. basketball coach visits miners’ families

Dad who loved to go fishing with family, man weeks from retirement among W.Va. mine victims

Family men, outdoorsmen among W.Va. mine victims

Bengals’ Marvin Lewis wins AP NFL coach honor; leads team to division title in mournful season

Bengals’ Marvin Lewis is AP NFL Coach of the Year

With echoes of violence and crackling gunfire, sports says goodbye to some of its best in 2009

Sounds of violence: sports deaths in 2009

Sports in 2009 looked down the barrel of a gun.