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Harvey Sheff, ex-basketball star at Yeshiva and “mensch with a capital M,” died of the coronavirus shortly after his college was concluding its best season ever
By Joel Alderman The passing of Harvey Jay Sheff from the coronavirus was not only another statistic...
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Legendary Hartford and Eastern CT State hoopster, Charles “Duffy” Jernigan, mourned by countless after COVID-19 death
By Joel Alderman His brief college basketball career ended as the runner-up high scorer his freshman year...
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Matt Gras of Siena, yet another former college star whose coronavirus passing is mourned by many
By: Joel Alderman The word “star” is often used in sports reporting rather generously, but in the...
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Ted Vartelas, native of Connecticut who played basketball for UConn, has succumbed to coronavirus
By Joel Alderman Ted Vartelas of Ansonia, CT lived much longer than the other former college basketball...
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Arnold Obey, hoop and track star at Wagner in late 1960s, is another casualty of Covid-19
By Joel Alderman In a previous article we noted the passing due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) of...
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A third ex-college basketball player, Jonathan Duck (Iona) is victim of coronavirus
By Joel Alderman About a week after the first two former college basketball players died of the...
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NCAA will not give college basketball players another season of eligibility, but baseball and other spring sport athletes get the benefit
By Joel Alderman Basketball fans who hoped some college players would get an extra year of eligibility...