In the first basketball game he coached, Bob Knight lost his temper and broke his clipboard. It was only a junior varsity high school game in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, but it wouldn’t be the last time that the objects and people around him felt his wrath.
During a coaching career of more than 40 years, Mr. Knight was one of the most complicated and polarizing figures in sports.
He was, by any measure, one of the most successful coaches in basketball history. Read More...
A police intelligence worker with cancer has won almost £60,000 after her force sacked her when she refused to commute to a different office over fears it would destroy her health further.
Tyra Stoodley-Dowty, 54, was told she would have to travel further for work after a restructure at Surrey Police, an employment tribunal heard.
Travelling and sitting for long periods caused the intelligence support officer to suffer from abdominal discomfort, soreness to the skin, vomiting, and stress. Read More...
US country singer Mindy McCready has died in a suspected suicide, according to police.
The 37-year-old died from an "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound", Arkansas sheriff Marty Moss said.
Her death comes weeks after that of her boyfriend and father of one of her two sons, record producer David Wilson, whose death is being investigated.
Watch archive footage of her performing I'm Still Here in 2010.
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