Don Burke

Long Neck

Sports Copy Editor at New York Post

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Dick Barnett, legendary Knicks NBA champion, dead at 88

2 months ago | nypost.com | Don Burke

Dick Barnett, whose unorthodox left-handed “Fall Back Baby” jumper thrilled Knicks fans en route to the team’s 1970 NBA championship and who later authored multiple books, earned a doctorate from Fordham University and taught classes in sports management at St. John’s, has died this weekend, the Knicks announced Sunday. He was 88.
St. John's legendary coach Lou Carnesecca dead at 99

Nov 30, 2024 | nypost.com | Don Burke

Lou Carnesecca, the only child of Italian immigrants who ran a grocery store on Manhattan’s East Side and who became one of the most colorful and successful coaches in college basketball history during a 24-year career at St. John’s, died on Saturday night, the Post confirmed. He was 99.
Pete Rose was unapologetic until the end

Oct 1, 2024 | nypost.com | Don Burke

Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time leader in hits but a three-time world champion and 17-time All-Star who remains out of the sport’s Hall of Fame after it was found he had gambled on baseball while managing the Cincinnati Reds in the late 1980s, died Monday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 83. Rose, who retired as a player in 1986, managed the Reds from 1984-89, when he was banned by Major League Baseball for betting on games.
Ed Kranepool, Mets legend who won 1969 World Series, dead at 79

Sep 9, 2024 | msn.com | Don Burke
Ed Kranepool, Mets legend who won 1969 World Series, dead at 79

Sep 9, 2024 | nypost.com | Don Burke

Ed Kranepool, who jumped from a Bronx high school to the big leagues with the original Mets at the age of 17 and who spent all 18 of his major league seasons in Flushing, died Sunday in Boca Raton, Fla. after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 79. Kranepool, a left-handed hitting first baseman who was a member of the Mets’ first two World Series teams, had received a kidney transplant in 2019. He also suffered from diabetes.
Carl Erskine, last surviving member of Dodgers’ ‘Boys of Summer,’ dead at 97

Apr 16, 2024 | nypost.com | Don Burke

After watching him pitch five impressive innings in an exhibition game in 1948, Jackie Robinson sought out minor-leaguer pitcher Carl Erskine. “You’re going to be with us real soon,” Robinson, who had broken Major League Baseball’s color barrier only a year earlier, told the 21-year-old right-hander. Robinson’s encouraging words proved prescient. Erskine joined the Brooklyn Dodgers a few weeks later and went 6-3 in 17 appearances, most of them out of the bullpen.
Bud Harrelson, Miracle Mets World Series shortstop, dead at 79

Jan 11, 2024 | msn.com | Don Burke
Remembering MLB Shortstop Bud Harrelson: A Look Back at His Impact on the Mets

Jan 11, 2024 | time.news | Don Burke

MLB Legend Bud Harrelson Passes Away at 79By Don BurkePublished Jan. 11, 2024, 10:04 a.m. ETBud Harrelson, the shortstop on the Mets’ first two World Series teams and later the club’s manager for parts of two seasons, died Wednesday at a hospice home in East Northport on Long Island. Harrelson, who was 79 was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.
Bud Harrelson, Miracle Mets World Series shortstop, dead at 79

Jan 11, 2024 | nypost.com | Don Burke

Bud Harrelson, the shortstop on the Mets’ first two World Series teams and later the club’s manager for parts of two seasons, died Wednesday night at a hospice house in East Northport, the team announced. Harrelson, who was 79, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.
Bob Knight dead at 83: College basketball legend, how did he die, cause of death, tributes

Nov 1, 2023 | news.com.au | Don Burke

Bob Knight, the tempestuous winner of three NCAA national championships while the basketball coach at Indiana University died Wednesday. Knight — often his own worst enemy while warring with administrators, faculty members, security guards, the media, his own players and even a random student or two — was 83, suffered from dementia and had been in ill health for the last several years, the NY Post reports. Watch an average of 9 NBA Regular Season games per week LIVE on ESPN, available via Kayo.