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It’s been a tough year for Memphis Grizzlies fans. After a year of struggling to return to the playoffs thanks to a 48-win season, Memphis struggled greatly in head coach Tuomas Lisallo’s first full season with the team, winning only 25 games.

Now, the Grizzlies’ friends and family are dealing with a much more difficult hardship than anyone ever wants to experience.

On Tuesday, Priority Sports Agency revealed that one of their clients, Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke, has died at the age of 29. According to the agency, Clark officially died on May 11, 2026.

The cause of Clark’s death has not yet been revealed to the public.

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– Priority Sports (@PrioritySports) 12 May 2026

The Oklahoma City Thunder made Clark the 21st overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, but his rights were already traded to the Grizzlies in exchange for Darius Bazley and a future second-round pick. Clark spent his entire seven-year career in Memphis, during which he made 50 appearances out of 309.

Clarke had been sidelined since 20 December with a calf injury; He finished his season playing only two games. This was a common theme in recent years, with Clarke’s 2023–24 season ended after just six games due to injury.

The Vancouver, British Columbia native averaged 10.2 ppg and 5.5 rpg while playing 20.8 minutes per game during his NBA career as a member of the Grizzlies.

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Ted Turner, who helped finance one of the world’s most powerful wrestling promotions, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), has died at the age of 87.

In the 1980s, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) founder Vince McMahon had the bold idea of ​​taking his brand nationally. In the process, they revolutionized the concept of regional wrestling promotions and dominated the industry for a decade and well into the 1990s. One of the regional brands that faced financial problems due to the dominance of the WWF – now WWE – was North Carolina company Jim Crockett Promotions. Who owned a share of the NWA.

With his company in dire straits, Crockett sold his wrestling assets to rapidly rising media mogul Ted Turner. The man who turned TBS, TNT and CNN into powerhouse national television networks was a wrestling fan and wanted to continue airing in-ring content on TBS.

Turner already had a weekly show called “World Championship Wrestling”, so he took Crockett’s roster, which included wrestling icon Ric Flair, and turned WCW into a real wrestling promotion. Still, despite airing content on national TV each week, success like the WWF was not immediate.

Ted Turner helped propel WCW to the top of wrestling

So the television veteran decided to put his money where his mouth was, and when new WCW boss Eric Bischoff asked him to invest big bucks in WWF legends like Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage, he did. Although this has not yet turned them into real competition for the WWF, it has given the brand far more credibility in the industry.

WCW then regained that identity and added better storylines and talent. With the help of the massively successful nWo storyline and the high-flying cruiserweights, the company became the strongest in the industry and nearly put the WWF/WWE out of business.

That growth was supported by Turner’s wealth and the mega-companies he created. This is why the WWF did parody segments about Turner, Hogan and Savage in the mid-90s and called them “Billionaire Ted”. They could sense the growing threat he was helping to create in WCW.

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The 26-year-old grandson of famed former Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski faces a misdemeanor charge of driving while impaired after a collision Saturday night in Durham, North Carolina, that took the life of a 15-year-old boy.

The incident happened just before 9 p.m., when Joseph Savarino, who was driving a northbound Ford Explorer, hit the teen who was riding an e-bike in the same direction. The boy, identified by family as Jack O’Shea, was pronounced dead at the scene.

No other injuries were reported and police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the accident.

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– TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) 20 April 2026

Details emerge: Coach’s grandson’s DWI crash takes life of Cardinal Gibbons freshman

According to court records, Savarino admitted to drinking alcohol that evening. A breathalyzer test conducted shortly after midnight recorded a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.11 percent – ​​more than North Carolina’s legal limit of 0.08 percent.

He was charged with DWI over the weekend and made his first court appearance on Monday, where a judge suspended his driver’s license and set his bond at $100,000. Savarino made bail later that day and is now out of custody awaiting his next court date. This will happen in about a month.

O’Shea’s family shared an emotional tribute on social media, describing the Cardinal Gibbons High School freshman as a “well-rounded, smart, athletic, fearless and beautiful baby boy” who enjoyed his final day — attending Confession in the morning and biking with friends in the afternoon.

His mother said the family was finding some solace in the memories of that day as they grappled with unimaginable grief. The tragedy shocked the local community, where O’Shea was known as a talented athlete on his school’s baseball and basketball teams.

The case has attracted attention because of Savarino’s prominent family ties to the Duke basketball program. Coach K, who has led the Blue Devils to five national championships over several decades, has not issued any public statement on the matter as of Monday.

This is the second time a grandson in the family has faced DWI-related problems in recent years.

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The basketball world was shocked by the news that Billy Donovan Sr., father of Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan, has died. St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino was one of the first to get the message across, as he is a close friend of the family.

Pitino, formerly of X, wrote on Twitter, “He was no better than Billy Donovan Sr. A special man in every sense of the word. RIP my friend! You’re in heaven already.”

Pitino coached Donovan Jr. when he was a player at Providence and he later joined Pitino’s coaching staff at Kentucky.

Donovan’s father was an important part of his life and supported his basketball dreams at all times. He also used to take her to New York Knicks games when she was a kid.

“These last 15, 16 years for me have been — oh my God! — phenomenal,” Donovan Sr. said in a 2011 story written by GatorZone. “I used to play basketball growing up. When Billy was little, we’d watch games on television and I’d take him to see the Knicks. And now, to be able to be with the team and go to all the games and knowing that Billy wants me to be a part of it, I’m so lucky I can’t even tell you.”

Donovan Sr. played college basketball at Boston College and scored over 1,000 career points.

There’s no doubt that Donovan Sr. played a big role in his son’s life, and he’s still living it up as the Bulls’ coach.

More people will probably send prayers and condolences to the family in the coming days.